Heritage route
The Jacobite
Fort William → Mallaig · Scotland
The Jacobite in pictures
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- Distance
- 67 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 10 min
- Average speed
- 31 km/h
- Top speed
- 60 km/h
- Operator
- West Coast Railways ↗
- Train
- Black Five steam
- Countries
- Scotland
- In service since
- 1901
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Steam over the 21 arches of Glenfinnan on the 1901 Mallaig extension: the working train that became the Hogwarts Express, white sands of Morar below.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 3224918 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the scheduled train on this line
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is The Jacobite?
The Jacobite runs 67 km from Fort William to Mallaig.
How long does The Jacobite take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 10 min for the 67 km. That is an average of 31 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 60 km/h.
Who runs The Jacobite?
West Coast Railways, with Black Five steam.
How old is The Jacobite?
The line has been in service since 1901. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
View on the world railway map →Read more on Wikipedia (in DE) ↗
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