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The Highland Main Line is a railway line in Scotland. It is 190 km (118 miles) long and runs through the Scottish Highlands linking a series of small towns and villages with Perth at one end and Inverness at the other. Today, services between Inverness and Edinburgh, Glasgow and London use the line. At Inverness the line connects with the Far North Line, the Aberdeen-Inverness Line and services on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line.
[edit] History
The vast majority of the line was built and operated by the Highland Railway with a small section of the line between Perth and Stanley built by the Scottish Midland Junction Railway, amalgamated with the Aberdeen Railway to become the Scottish North Eastern Railway in 1856, and then absorbed by the Caledonian Railway in 1866. Originally, the line between Inverness and Perth went via Forres, but the Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway was opened in 1898 to allow for a more direct routeing.
[edit] Stations
As of 2004, there are stations on the line as follows:
Services on the line are provided by First ScotRail and GNER.
| Main lines: |
East Coast - West Coast - Ayrshire Coast - Glasgow-Edinburgh (via Carstairs) - Glasgow-Edinburgh (via Falkirk) - Edinburgh-Aberdeen - Glasgow South Western - Highland |
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Glasgow commuter
lines: |
█ Argyle - █ Ayrshire Coast - █ Cathcart Circle - █ Croy - █ Cumbernauld - █ Inverclyde - █ Maryhill - █ Motherwell-Cumbernauld - █ North Clyde - █ Paisley Canal - █ Shotts - █ South Western - █ Whifflet |
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Edinburgh commuter
lines: |
█ Bathgate - █ Crossrail - █ Dunblane - █ Fife Circle - █ North Berwick - █ Shotts |
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| Rural lines: |
Aberdeen-Inverness - Far North - Kyle of Lochalsh - Tay Coast - West Highland |
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| Future lines: |
Waverley - Airdrie to Bathgate - Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Rail Link - Edinburgh Airport Rail Link - Glasgow Airport Rail Link - Glasgow Crossrail - Aberdeen Crossrail |
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| Historical Scottish Railway Companies: |
Aberdeen Railway - Alloa Railway - Arbroath and Forfar - Ardrossan Railway - Annbank to Cronberry - Ayr and Dalmellington - Ayr to Mauchline - Ayrshire and Wigtownshire - Ballochney - Bathgate and Coatbridge - Brechin and Edzell District - Bridge of Weir Railway - Busby Railway - Caledonian Railway - Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction - Callander and Oban - Cathcart District - City Union - Clydesdale Junction - Crieff & Methven - Crieff Junction - Crieff and Comrie - Darvel Branch - Denburn Valley Line - Duke of Sutherland - Dunblane, Doune & Callander - Dundee and Arbroath - Dundee and Perth - Formartine and Buchan - Edinburgh and Dalkeith - Edinburgh and Glasgow - Edinburgh and Hawick - Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction - Forfar and Brechin - General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour - Girvan and Portpatrick Junction - Glasgow and Garnkirk - Glasgow and Paisley Joint - Glasgow and Renfrew District - Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint - Glasgow Central Railway - Glasgow City and District - Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh - Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle - Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr - Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock - Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank - Great North of Scotland - Greenock and Ayrshire - Greenock and Wemyss Bay - Invergarry and Fort Augustus - Inverness and Aberdeen Junction - Inverness and Nairn - Inverness and Ross-shire - Kilbarchan Loop - Killin Railway - Kilmarnock and Troon - Kincardine Line - Lanarkshire and Ayrshire - Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire - Leadhills and Wanlockhead - Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie - Maidens and Dunure - Mallaig Extension - Monkland and Kirkintilloch - Morayshire Railway - North British, Arbroath and Montrose - Paisley and Barrhead District - Paisley and Renfrew - Perth, Almond Valley & Methven - Polloc and Govan - Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint - Rutherglen and Coatbridge - Slamannan - Scottish Central Railway - Scottish Midland Junction - Stirling and Dunfermline - Sutherland and Caithness - Sutherland Railway - West Highland Railway - Wick and Lybster - Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness - Wishaw and Coltness Railway |
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