Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway
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The Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway was a branch-line railway built in Scotland, connecting the named places with the main line at Spean Bridge. It opened in 1903.
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Reporting mark | I&FAR |
Dates of operation | 22 July 1903 (1903-07-22)ā31 December 1946 (1946-12-31) |
Successor | North British Railway |
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Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1ā2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Length | Spean Bridge to Fort Augustus 23 miles 13 chains (37.3 km) 1903-1946 Fort Augustus to Fort Augustus Pier 73 chains (1.5 km) 1903-1906 |
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Serving exceptionally sparsely inhabited areas it was never commercially successful, but it rekindled hostilities between larger railways over a planned railway connection along the Great Glen reaching Inverness; however this scheme never materialised.
Passenger train operation ceased in 1933 and the line closed completely in 1946.