Highland Walking Train Tour
Highland Railways & Hills

A 7 day walking holiday featuring great hiking throughout the Highlands and Skye, based around the best of Scottish railway journeys.

The travel involved is almost entirely by rail, which allows excellent access to some world famous scenery, hidden glens, lochs, beaches and mountains. Our knowledgable transport historian acts as your guide, providing an interesting commentary during your journey.

Itinerary

Sunday
Assemble at Edinburgh 8am or Glasgow 9am for Scotrail train to remote Corrour halt on the West
Highland line. From here we will embark on an ascent of Ben na Lap (8km/5 miles, 500m/1950ft)
before onward train to Fort William.

Monday
Short morning walk in Glen Nevis before taking the 'Jacobite' Steam Train to Mallaig, one of the
World's most scenic railway journeys. The 45-mile "West Highland Extension" has recently been
immortalised as the route of the Hogwarts Express in the "Harry Potter" films.

Tuesday
A ferry ride over to Skye before spending the day exploring the coast of Sleat. We then
transfer (by bus) to Kyleakin for overnight accomodation.

Wednesday
Back to the mainland at Kyle of Lochalsh, before a trip to Inverness on a scheduled Scotrail service.
The "Kyle line" is another of the great Highland rail journeys, as is the Highland Main Line - which
we join at Inverness for a train to Aviemore via Slochd summit, an infamous climb in days of steam.

Thursday
We board the Strathspey Steam Railway for a journey to Broomhill station, popularised as
"Glenbogle" station in the BBCTV series "Monarch of the Glen". From here we walk the former
Speyside line - now a long distance footpath called the Speyside Way. The overnight stop is at
Bridge of Avon.

Friday
Speyside Way from Bridge of Avon to Dufftown - a walk of 15 miles but on good, flat paths...

Saturday
We take a journey on Scoltand 's newest preserved railway, the scenic 15 mile Keith and Dufftown
line. On arrival at Keith we change onto a scheduled Scotrail train for the journey back to
Edinburgh, crossing the famous Tay and Forth bridges on the way.