Ride the FAR NORTH LINE (of Scotland) in 1964
Concluding the tour of scenic Scotland by rail in 1964, when these lines were threatened with closure as uneconomic.
The ride from Dingwall TO Inverness in 1964 is at youtu.be/ wfN6Mpv7Y
John O'Groats & the Far North - Scottish Tours with Timberbush Tours
Our 1 day John O'Groats tour from Inverness is the perfect way to visit the most northerly point on British mainland! See Loch Fleet, explore Dunrobin Castle and enjoy stunning scenery on this one day tour from Inverness; capital of the Highlands.
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Town Centre, Thurso, Scotland
Video of the Town Centre in Thurso.
Far North of Scotland Line – Inverness to Lairg – (Bognor Regis to Wick & Thurso Pt 3)
Once again I ask you to sit back and enjoy the view from the train window for the first part of our trip along Scotland’s Far North Line. We are fortunate to see most of this journey in bright winter sunshine as we make our way from Inverness to Lairg, where poor weather and fading light force an early end to filming. We cover the rest of the Far North Line on our return journey - (Bognor Regis to Wick & Thurso Pt 4)
ScotRail Class 158 Inverness to Wick - The Far North Line
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A video I took of my journey along the Far North Line from Inverness to Wick. With a journey time of just under 4 and a half hours and a distance of 174 miles the Far North Line is one of the most scenic routes in the country. I first joined a service from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh where I changed and waited for the following Wick service. Some incredible views along the North Sea coast en route. Also to stretch my legs I decided to leave the train at Georgemas Junction while it went round the curve to Thurso & back, then I rejoined it to Wick. Which also allowed me to get some exterior shots of the 158 unit.
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The Stunning Far North Line
A breath-taking trip with Scotrail half way up Britain's most northerly railway!
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Date of Travel: 2 September 2019
Class of Travel: Standard Class
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It's worth noting that in the winter, it's already dark by the time this train departs Inverness. However, there are two earlier departures that should experience the whole trip in day light even in the middle of winter. In the summer, the opposite is true: it will still be light when you take this train when you get to wick if you take it in the middle of summer!
Journey to the Far North!
Bedford to Milton Keynes via Inverness & Wick!
I quick look into my journey to top of Britain. I would have gone from Milton Keynes, but due to Easter engineering work, there weren't any trains. So I had to go from Bedford to London to catch the sleeper, which was diverted via the ECML to Inverness! All of my sleeper footage I quite brief in this video, as the main topic in this clip is my footage from the Far North line. So be sure to check out the videos from On-board both Sleepers to Inverness via ECML and from Inverness to London via the WCML!
An awesome trip, once again Caledonian Sleeper is much recommended its brilliant!
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The Highland Mainline Inverness to Pitlochry
Jump into the driver's seat for a journey along one of our most scenic routes, the Highland Mainline.
Lairg Level Crossing - Far North Line - Lairg, Highland
Lairg Level Crossing on the Far North Line, crossing the A836 immediately North of Lairg station.
This is an AOCL+B automatic crossing with half barriers.
Scotland Shorts - Scotland's great rail journeys
Sit back, relax. Getting from A to B can be a chore sometimes, but not in Scotland. View the landscapes from a new perspective, with great rail journeys passing through some of the most scenic corners of the country.
Follow in Harry Potter’s footsteps aboard the iconic Jacobite Steam Train on the West Highland Line from Fort William to Mallaig. Or, see the mountainous peaks of the Cairngorms from the comfort of your carriage aboard the Strathspey Steam Railway.
In the north, catch the Kyle Line from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh, or hop aboard the Far North Line from Inverness to Thurso and Wick, and admire the mesmerising beauty of the northern Highlands.
From Edinburgh, explore the blissful Scottish Borders countryside with a trip on the Borders Railway or head to Fife across one of our most famous landmarks, the Forth Rail Bridge, which was built between 1883 and 1890.
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Train Journey to Thurso the farthest city in the north of UK, the Northern Highlands of Scotland
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North Coast 500 NC500 Day 3 Inverness to Tain
The North Coast 500, or NC500, is a 500 mile route around the coastal road of the Highlands of Scotland. We did the NC500 over 14 days and this is our video diary of that journey.
Today is really the start of our journey. We're doing a short trip of 35 miles to Tain from Inverness. Up the East Coast in an anti-clockwise route around the NC500, North Coast 500.
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Train Journey to Thurso the farthest city in the north of UK, the Northern Highlands of Scotland
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HST in the Highlands, Aviemore to Edinburgh | The Highland Chieftain
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On-board the daily southbound HST through the Scottish Highlands, the 07:55 from Inverness to London King's Cross on Thursday 11th April 2013.
This video includes a look at the scenery the highland mainline has to offer as it curves through the Cairngorms national park and a little look at the stations along the route!
I've filmed along this route a few times but they were on the Sleeper when its dark so you can't really appreciate the scenery as much as you can during the day.
And yes it was actually snowing at times as well, still in April!
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Far North of Scotland Line – Wick & Thurso to Lairg – (Bognor Regis to Wick & Thurso Pt 4)
The vibrant winter colours and outstanding scenery in this part of Scotland have to be seen to be believed. We pass through remote, beautiful landscapes under dramatic skies before skirting the ocean as we travel along one of Britain’s most scenic railway lines.
This is Lairg Railway station.... Episode (15)
Lairg railway station is a railway station just south of the village of Lairg in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line. It is 66 miles 78 chains (107.8 km) from Inverness, and has a passing loop 26 chains (520 m) long, flanked by two platforms. Platform 1 on the up (southbound) line can accommodate trains having six coaches, but platform 2 on the down (northbound) line can only hold five
Class 158 DMUs run on the FNL which is operated by abellio ScotRail.
The Far North Driver's eye view preview
video125.co.uk is the site to order the DVD of this fascinating Driver's eye view. Running from Dingwall all the way to both Thurso and Wick our train runs Invergordon, Lairg, Helmsdale, Forsinard and Georgmas Junction, Britain's most northerly junction. There can be fewer more remote lines in the UK.
The Highlands, Sutherland & far North of Scotland
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Places to see in ( Thurso - UK )
Places to see in ( Thurso - UK )
Thurso is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland. Situated in the historical area of Caithness, it is the northernmost town on the British mainland. It lies at the junction of the north-south A9 road and the west-east A836 road, connected to Bridge of Forss in the west and Castletown in the east. The 34 miles (55 km) River Thurso flows through the town and into Thurso Bay and the Pentland Firth. The river estuary serves as a small harbour.
Thurso was an important Norse port, and has a later history of trade with ports throughout northern Europe until the 19th century. A thriving fishing centre, Thurso also had a reputation for its linen-cloth and tanning activities. As of 2015 the Dounreay Nuclear power plant, although decommissioned at the end of the 20th century, employs a significant number of the local population. The Category-A listed ruined Old St Peter's Church (St. Peter's Kirk) is one of the oldest churches in Scotland, dating to at least 1125. The current church, St Andrew's and St Peter's, was built in 1832 to a design by William Burn in the Gothic style.
The town contains the main campus of North Highland College and Thurso High School, the northernmost secondary school on the British mainland, which was established in 1958. Thurso Castle, built in 1872, is in ruins. Thurso is home to the football (soccer) team, Thurso FC, established in 2008, which play in the North Caledonian League, and the rugby teams Caithness Crushers and Caithness RFC. Thurso railway station, opened in 1874, was the most northern station on the Sutherland and Caithness Railway. The nearby port of Scrabster provides ferry services to the Orkney Islands; the Northlink ferry (MV Hamnavoe) operates between Scrabster and Stromness.
Thurso's history stretches back to at least the era of Norse Orcadian rule in Caithness, which ended conclusively in 1266. Neolithic horned cairns found on nearby Shebster Hill, which were used for burials and rituals, date back about 5000 years.
Thurso is the most northerly town on the British mainland, situated on the northern coastline overlooking the Orkney Islands. It is situated at the northern terminus of the A9 road, the main road linking Caithness with the south of Scotland, and is 19.5 miles (31.4 km) west of John o' Groats and 20.4 miles (32.8 km) northwest of Wick, the closest town. Thurso railway station is the most northerly location served by Britain's rail network, which links the town directly with Wick, the county town of Caithness, and with Inverness. Thurso is bordered by the parishes of Olrig and Bower to the east, Halkirk to the south, and Reay to the west, and stretches from Holburn Head and Crosskirk Bay in the west to Dunnet Head and Dunnet Bay in the east.
The Category A listed ruined Old St Peter's Church (St. Peter's Kirk) is one of the older churches in Scotland, dated to at least 1125, and at one time it was the principal church for the county, administered by the Bishops of Caithness. The Swanson Gallery of Thurso hosts exhibitions throughout the year, and showcases glass art by Ian Pearson. Thurso railway station opened in 1874. It was the most northern station on the Sutherland and Caithness Railway.
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Places to see in ( Tain - UK )
Places to see in ( Tain - UK )
Tain is a royal burgh and parish in the County of Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland. The name derives from the nearby River Tain, the name of which comes from an Indo-European root meaning 'flow'. The Gaelic name, Baile Dubhthaich, means 'Duthac's town', after a local saint also known as Duthus.
Tain railway station is on the Far North Line. The station is unmanned; in its heyday it had 30 staff. The station was opened by the Highland Railway on 1 January 1864. From 1 January 1923, the station was owned by the London Midland and Scottish Railway. Then in 1949 the British railways were nationalised as British Railways. When the railways were privatised the station became part of ScotRail.
Notable buildings in the town include Tain Tolbooth and St Duthus Collegiate Church. The town also has a local history museum, Tain Through Time, and the Glenmorangie distillery. Tain has two primary schools -Craighill (pupils - 274, April 2011) and Knockbreck (pupils - just under 120, April 2011) - and a secondary school called Tain Royal Academy with 500 pupils in summer 2014.
Tain was granted its first royal charter in 1066, making it Scotland's oldest Royal Burgh, commemorated in 1966 with the opening of the Rose Garden by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. The 1066 charter, granted by King Malcolm III, confirmed Tain as a sanctuary, where people could claim the protection of the church, and an immunity, in which resident merchants and traders were exempt from certain taxes. These led to the development of the town.
Little is known of earlier history although the town owed much of its importance to Duthac. He was an early Christian figure, perhaps 8th or 9th century, whose shrine had become so important by 1066 that it resulted in the royal charter. The ruined chapel near the mouth of the river was said to have been built on the site of his birth. Duthac became an official saint in 1419 and by the late Middle Ages his shrine was an important places of pilgrimage in Scotland. King James IV came at least once a year throughout his reign to achieve both spiritual and political aims.
A leading landowning family of the area, the Clan Munro, provided political and religious figures to the town, including the dissenter Rev John Munro of Tain (died ca. 1630). The early Duthac Chapel was the center of a sanctuary. Fugitives were by tradition given sanctuary in several square miles marked by boundary stones. During the First War of Scottish Independence, Robert the Bruce sent his wife and daughter to the sanctuary for safety. The sanctuary was violated and they were captured by forces loyal to William II, Earl of Ross who handed them over to Edward I of England The women were taken to England and kept prisoner for several years.
Tain was a parliamentary burgh, combined with Dingwall, Dornoch, Kirkwall and Wick in the Northern Burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. Cromarty was added to the list in 1832.
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