The West Highland Line in winter: the viaduct without the steam-train price

The steam train has stopped for winter. The viaduct hasn't 🚂❄️ Take the ordinary train in winter. Same viaduct, snow on the tops if you're lucky, and no steam-train price. Scotland's West Highland Line runs from Glasgow to the west coast at Mallaig, and the Glenfinnan Viaduct, the one from Harry Potter, is on the ordinary ScotRail line. 🚆 3 trains a day Monday to Saturday, 2 on Sundays, about 5.5 hours end to end 🏞️ Along Loch Lomond, then across Rannoch Moor. Corrour, the UK's highest mainline station at 1,347 ft, has no public road 🏔️ Fort William, under Britain's highest mountain, where the sleeper from London ends (nightly except Saturdays and 24, 25 and 31 December) 🌉 41 miles from Fort William to Mallaig, over the viaduct The Jacobite steam train runs June to October, £76 return in standard, and its 2026 season ended on 23 October. Want the classic view? Get off at Glenfinnan and walk the hillside path to the viewpoint, about 30 minutes with steps. Times change in December, so check ScotRail for the day you go. 👉 Swipe for the stops and the times. Save this for your trip and send it to who you'd go with. Steam in summer or snow in winter? 👇 📷 clement proust, Ricky Motton, Alan Findlay, John Young, Connor Mollison, Tim Woolliscroft / Unsplash · Colin Wells / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0