Heritage route
Strathspey Railway
Aviemore → Broomhill · Scotland
Steam since 1978 on a preserved stretch of the Highland Railway main line, one of only a handful of former main lines saved in Britain: from Aviemore through Boat of Garten to Broomhill.
- Distance
- 18 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 1 h 45 min (round trip)
- Top speed
- 40 km/h
The Inverness and Perth Junction Railway, later part of the Highland Railway, linked Aviemore with Forres by way of Boat of Garten and Broomhill; the Strathspey Railway preserves ten miles of it, one of only a handful of former main lines saved in Britain. Its trains leave from platform 3 of the national station at Aviemore and pass the four-road engine shed the Highland Railway built there in 1898, whose engines still carry the 60B shedplate of British Railways days.
Along the way
- Aviemore’s 1898 engine shed
- Views of the Cairngorms
- Boat of Garten
- The River Spey
- Broomhill
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 5494016: 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 5 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Strathspey Railway?
The Strathspey Railway runs 18 km from Aviemore to Broomhill.
How long does the Strathspey Railway take?
Over the 18 km, the fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 45 min (round trip). The line's top service speed is 40 km/h.
Who runs the Strathspey Railway?
Strathspey Railway, with heritage steam & diesel.
How old is the Strathspey Railway?
The line has been in service since 1978. 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.
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