Morar railway station

Morar
Mòrar
Morar railway station, looking towards the level crossing and Arisaig
Location
Place	Morar
Local authority	Highland
Coordinates	56°58′12″N 5°49′19″W / 56.970°N 5.822°W / 56.970; -5.822Coordinates: 56°58′12″N 5°49′19″W / 56.970°N 5.822°W / 56.970; -5.822
Operations
Station code	MRR
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	3,548
2004/05 *	3,556
2005/06 *	3,646
2006/07 *	4,009
2007/08 *	3,733
2008/09 *	3,430
History
Original company	Mallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
1 April 1901	Station opened[1]
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Morar from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Morar railway station is a railway station serving the village of Morar in the Highland region of Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line.

History

In 1960, the station was allocated a camping coach converted from a Pullman car, which was fitted with a full kitchen, two sleeping compartments and a room with two single beds.^[2]

Services

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Arisaig		First ScotRail West Highland Line		Mallaig
	Historical railways
Arisaig Line and Station open		North British Railway Mallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway		Mallaig Line and Station open

Station building

The station building is used by West Word.^[3]

References

Notes

1. ^ Butt (1995)
2. ^ "Pullman Cars as Camping Coaches". Railway Magazine 107 (711): 449–450. July 1960. 
3. ^ "WEST WORD: Community paper for Mallaig, Morar, Arisaig, Lochailort, Glenfinnan, Glenuig, Knoydart and the Small Isles". http://www.road-to-the-isles.org.uk/westword/. 

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• RAILSCOT on Mallaig Extension Railway