Locomotive Services Group are to run two trips next week on Scotland's world-famous Jacobite Line.
The day return journeys from Fort William to Mallaig and return will take in the stunning views of scenery in Scotland, crossing bridges and viaducts, such as the Glenfinnan Viaduct, which was of course made famous for featuring in the Harry Potter films.
Departing Fort William at 08:50 for an 84 mile round trip to Mallaig, the train will be made up of LSL's ‘Push Pull' ScotRail set of carriages, which will feature an on-board buffet.
There will be a short break in Mallaig between 10:50 and 11:30 to allow passengers time to explore before departing for Fort William, arriving back at 13:20.
Tickets will be available as a ‘pay on the day' basis priced at £40 per adult and £20 for those under 16s.
Timings are already available and can be found by clicking the links below:
We are delighted to present a day return journey over the world-famous West Highland Jacobite line, featuring some of the most spectacular scenery in Scotland as we cross magnificent bridges and viaducts offering views of tumbling waterfalls, peaceful lochs, and the Isle of Skye.
LSL Spokesperson
Why pay so much, when you can travel on the regular Scotrail service , on the same scenic route for a fraction of the price ?
Why doesn’t a steam engine go up to the fort and couple up with carriages and do the afternoon trip during summer. Would work out great for fans of both diesel and steam
I don’t think the Mark 3’s are wired to run with steam.
Excellent news and thank you LSL. Trust it will all work out well and lead to more trips and even Steam, who knows.
It common sense that on a trip that long carriage doors should be central locking LS complied to the rules so should westcoast it passenger safty.
Excellent news WCR had their chance.
Good idea to utilise Scotrail push pull stock on Scotland most scenic route.
And it was designed for Scotlands railways !
Were not these sets originally from East Anglia but whatever I think LSL trips will do well on the world class scenic line whatever the tracton and turn-up-and go /pay on the train must be a good idea ?
Sorry folks ; I was getting my sequence of stock movements back to front Edinboro to Glasgow then Edin – Aberdeen then to East Anglia . It was a long time ago !!.
I had trip on WCR cancelled last year so decided we would take the same trip on an “ordinary” train, 4 adults was less than the £160 this trip costs and far less than WCR! Also had the opportunity to spend longer in Mallaig if we wanted.
Of COURSE you can travel on a railcar any time you like! But you pay WCR for a nostalgic trip in vintage carriages hauled by a STEAM locomotive. Did it several years ago and it was well worth the expenditure.
Can you give me any info on the carriages being used please, are the normal train seats or old carriages, and is there tables seats available. Thanks
West Coast Railway are not going to be happy about this.
Tough, WCRC have had all the time and chances to get the work done, but because senior management didn’t want to, they have lost out.
WCRC have had it their way far too long. SHUT them down permanently.
Sounds like you have a personal grudge. I, on the other hand don’t and believe they are being treated pretty badly by H and S pedants. Funny how slam-door carriages have been perfectly safe for over 100 years but the snowflake generation can’t cope with them.
I wouldn’t call improvements to health and safety standards being due to ‘the snowflake generation’. HSE/ORR has identified that the cost-benefit of installing central door locking vs having more fatalities is overwhelmingly in favour of the former. WCRC has had decades of notice from ORR to sort this out and smaller operators have managed it with no problem. It’s also worth mentioning that WCRC is a profit-making company that has plenty of money to make these improvements. They’re just not willing to do so. Seems to me that WCRC just needs to put their hands in their pocket and get it done.
Those days have gone now.
One of the issues I see is exactly that John. We grew up with slam door stock and are used to their little quirks, I for one always made sure to lean on the hinge side of the door when looking out not the latch side. However the current generation of rail journey takers may have never come across them before unless maybe on a heritage railway. I don’t really think it will s unfair to WCRC, they have had plenty of years to put improvements in place as other train operators have done.
Well done LSL keep going with this 7 days a week if possible, as a temporary stop gap for West Coast Rail until they sort themselves out.
Sounds a great day oot but not alot of time to explore Mallaig lovely place
I think you are wrong in your view.Have you not seen the recent history of WCR’s brinkmanship.ALL mainline operator have to comply with the rules, in this case about having one operation coach door locking.ORR have acted correctly, doing their job and are definitely not over the top killjoys.
This is not Brinkmanship its just simply trying to prove that their system of secondary locks on their heritage coach doors works perfectly well and is safe!
The 1.3 million pounds that would need to be found to meet the ORR standards would greatly push up fares ans ultimately probably close down the service.
Plus this is a very slippery surface as they could ultimately push this on to Heritage Railways too?? The there’s no way any of them could cope with this cost.
Let’s hope for all concerned this works out and is the first step in what will not be a quick fix to the issues with West Coast.
Will this be a mad scramble.on the platform just like the jacobite?
After a huge drive from Glasgow on dangerous roads a few times knocked back on the platform …
Doesn’t give you much time to enjoy the lovely fishing village of Mallaig.
A huge drive from Glasgow? It’s only just up the road from Glasgow. I have a three hour drive to Glasgow on motorways and LOVE the run up to FW from there.
Can anyone give me any info on this train being used, what are the carriages like, are they normal Scotrail ones or old carriages and is there table seats on there, I had a planned trip on the hacabitr which isn’t happening, and I noticed the prices on here are more than a standard train ticket. Thanks
They are using Mk3 coaches which have tables and proper seats and are very comfortable not like the Ironing board type ones on some modern trains.