Publisher's Synopsis
Julian Holland has researched and written this book about 12 railway lines in Scotland. The 'Beeching Report' of 1963 spelt the end for many of Scotland's rural railways and by the end of the 1960s huge swathes of the country had lost their railway service. Built to last by their Victorian and Edwardian engineers, much of the infrastructure of these lost lines is still in place. The book looks at new life for redundant station buildings; cycleways and footpaths following the old track beds, embankments and cuttings; graceful steel bridges spanning the rivers; soaring viaducts striding across the landscape and burrowing tunnels beneath it. Sustrans manage some of the cyclepaths.
Much of Scotland's lost railway heritage is still out there waiting to be discovered. Researched and written by respected railway author Julian Holland and profusely illustrated with historical and present-day photographs, Discovering Scotland's Lost Railways will open the door to this secret world for the cycle, walking and train enthusiast as well as those with an interest in Scotland and its transport.
Lost railways featured
Dumfries to StranraerConnel Ferry to Ballachulish
Spean Bridge to Fort Augustus
Muir of Ord to Fortrose
Boat of Garten to Keith
Elgin to Tillynaught and Banff
Inveramsay to Macduff
Kinnaber Junction to Stanley Junction via Forfar
Gleneagles to Balquidder
Dunblane to Crianlarich
East Fife
Waverley Route
