UK's MOST SCENIC TRAIN JOURNEY: Fort William to Mallaig. See Caledonian Sleeper & Glenfinnan viaduct

The line from Glasgow to Mallaig, in north-west Scotland - The West Highland Line - is regarded as Britain's most scenic train journey. In this video we travel the last 41½ miles between Fort William to Mallaig, watching shunting operations on the Caledonian Sleeper before travelling to Mallaig via the Glenfinnan viaduct, which stars in Harry Potter films.

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*** TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:30 Caledonian Sleeper
00:03:58 Caledonian Canal
00:05:25 Glenfinnan Viaduct
00:07:16 Mallaig

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[steve-marsh]

Well done breaking some ScotRail rules 🤣 if they’d clean the windows, you wouldn’t have to do it. If there’s ONE train to have clean windows on ScotRail, it’s THIS one. In fact why not buy some cool panoramic carriages for such a stunning route? Fantastic video though Scott! I’m actually heading up to Mallaig in the morning to try get to the Small Isles.

[BarnieCowan]

That was a wonderful vid. Dirty windows and all. Scotland is a magnificent looking country and you are showing us all how beautiful it is. Thanks so much!🇨🇦

[smithy]

I'm riding this journey early Feb and super excited, travelling up from London on a seat in the caledonian sleeper to fort william, then fort william to mallaig

[vanessaschofield]

stunning scenry thankyou so much for sharing this

[nicholasbrown]

Doing the Caledonian Sleeper in summer so that you can have breakfast going along the shores of Loch Lomond, following up with Fort William to Mallaig, must be one of the great train journeys of the world - maybe it's not as breathtakingly big as the Trans-Canada, but it's totally stunning in its variety. Always nice to consult the weather man and get a good day, of course.

[hazels]

I did that journey a couple of years ago on the Jacobite Express steam train. Then the coach took us to the base of the Glenfinnan viaduct to watch it return from Mallaig. Thanks for filming this video.

[marygarner]

Always Love your Adventures thank you so much for taking us with you Scott ❤❤

[andyhughes]

The last time i travelled on this route Scott was when the loco was steam, way back in the 60`s.

[allanwilliment]

Hi Scott 😊 I have happy memories of doing that train journey in reverse, from Mallaig to Fort William, away back in January 1989, when I was a young man, on my first ever visit to Scotland. That was after having taken a ferry back to the Scottish mainland, from Armadale on the Isle of Skye 😊

[SimonEllwood]

Inverness to Thurso is pretty spectacular too, especially seeing the deer.

[luath]

I haven't been on the Mallaig Extension since the late 1980s either, so this was a great reminder of the days when I'd stay overnight with friends in Hyndland so as to be able to catch the 6/6.30am train out of Queen Street to Mallaig.

[Ritchiemac]

Great vlog Scott thanks for the lovely views.

[Andrewjg_]

I have been to Fort William and Ben Nevis. Lovely place and the mountains are so breathtaking.

[francesjones]

My sister and myself went on this journey last June we were lucky to see the famous Jacobite at Fort William

[DEEN]

Good video with information on West coast line enroute to mallaig.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[ianmaonaigh]

Another great wee video 👍, could you imagine making the old black and white movies on the Scotrail network, where the baddie ties the young woman to the rails, only for him to see the rail replacement bus always go past .

[englishcountrywalks]

Really enjoyed. Train journeys are really relaxing!

[huwthomas]

Good to see an old Gatwick Express on the first leg of the sleeper.

[dlittlester]

Weather can screw stuff up. Back in '91 I took the ferry over to Skye (now a bridge), stayed a night in Portree, and hoped to go down to the south end of Skye to take a ferry to Mallaig. It was October, and the winds didn't let the ferry to cross to Mallaig. Had to go back to Kyle and take a bus down to Fort William. Then the little speeder train to Glasgow broke down. Lots of fun, and I missed everything.

[peterdnreynolds]

Beautiful scenery, this is on my bucket list to travel on this train up to Mallaig