A remote railway station, located 10 miles from the nearest road in the Western Scottish Highlands, offers a direct train service to London.
The station, known as Corrour, is in stark contrast to bustling London Euston, where a Caledonian Sleeper train departs six nights a week for the secluded station, arriving roughly 11 to 12 hours later, reports My London.
Despite its isolation, Corrour’s former station building now serves as the UK’s most remote restaurant, aptly named Corrour Station House.
The eatery has become such a draw that Corrour is one of the busiest stations on the rural West Highland railway line between Glasgow and Mallaig via Fort William.
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the station welcomed a steady 12 to 14,000 passengers per year – a significant number for such a small settlement.
Corrour’s unique charm comes from its quirks. There’s a youth hostel about two miles from the station, and it offers stunning views of nearby Loch Coir and Loch Ossian.
The name ‘Corrour’ refers to the closest settlement, which is made up of a shooting lodge and some holiday homes near Loch Ossian.
There aren’t any shops or services there, so it’s more like a tiny hamlet than a village.
Its fame also comes from its appearances on TV and in films. It was featured in a scene from the famous 90s film ‘Trainspotting’, as well as several episodes of documentary shows like the BBC’s ‘Secret Britain’.
More recently, it was highlighted in an episode of the ‘All the Stations’ YouTube series in 2017, where two content creators from London visited every railway station in the UK.
The next station north of Corrour, Tulloch, is the least busy station in Scotland that has direct trains to London. Only 1,770 people used it last year, which works out to about five people per day – or roughly one person per train.
Tulloch station is also remote, but it’s within walking distance of a road and there’s a phone box with internet access near the station.
You can get a ticket from Euston to Corrour for as little as £33 if you book in advance, but that doesn’t include sleeping facilities. If you want a cabin to sleep in, tickets start at around £100.
You can also get to Corrour by taking Avanti West Coast day trains to Glasgow and then hopping on a Scotrail train. But be careful, as only 1 to 5 trains stop at Corrour each day.
