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The Kyle of Lochalsh Line Great Railway Journeys Through Time (Paperback, UK ed.)
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The Kyle of Lochalsh Line Great Railway Journeys Through Time (Paperback, UK ed.)
Series: Great Railway Journeys Through Time
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Discovery Miles 4 380
You Save R46 (10%)
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The Kyle of Lochalsh Line was opened in 1870 to connect the ferry
terminus at Stromeferry on Scotland's west coast with Dingwall and
Inverness on the east coast. It had been intended to reach Kyle of
Lochalsh but the company ran out of money, and the Highland Railway
would open an extension to the Kyle in 1897 to improve transport
links for the fishing industry. At the time, the extension was mile
for mile the most expensive railway ever built in Britain. The line
passes through some of the most dramatic and beautiful scenery in
Britain and although it was marked for closure by Doctor Beeching,
its importance to the isolated communities it serves led to a
reprieve and in 1980 it was featured by Michael Palin in Great
Railway Journeys of the World. In this book, Ewan Crawford uses a
mixture of contemporary and period images to bring the history of
the line and its landscape to life.
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