Corrour railway station
Corrour 
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| Scottish Gaelic: Coire Odhar | |
Corrour station
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| Location | |
| Place | Loch Ossian |
| Local authority | Highland |
| Coordinates | 56°45′37″N 4°41′27″W / 56.7602°N 4.6907°WCoordinates: 56°45′37″N 4°41′27″W / 56.7602°N 4.6907°W |
| Grid reference | NN356663 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CRR |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 12,224 |
| 2012/13 |
12,058 |
| 2013/14 |
 13,138 |
| 2014/15 |
12,856 |
| 2015/16 |
11,156 |
| History | |
| Original company | West Highland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| 7 August 1894 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Corrour from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Corrour railway station is on the West Highland Line, Scotland. It is situated near Loch Ossian and Loch Treig, on the Corrour Estate. It is the highest mainline railway station in the United Kingdom.
The railway station is one of the most remote stations in the United Kingdom, at an isolated location on Rannoch Moor. The station is not accessible by any public roads – the nearest road is 10 miles (16 km) away. In 1997 a new station house, including lodging for its managers, was commissioned by Corrour Estate. Designed by Law & Dunbar-Nasmith Partnership, it was erected as a provisions shop and restaurant to serve hillwalkers. After several previous ventures in this location, the Station House was opened again as a restaurant in July 2015.
At 408 m (1,339 ft) above sea level the station provides a convenient starting point for hill-walkers and Munro-baggers. The station was the starting point for the "Man with no Name" whose body was found in 1996 on Ben Alder and only identified some years later.
Sir John Stirling-Maxwell (10th Baronet of Pollok, KT) purchased Corrour Estate in 1891 and initially used it as a "playground" for gentlemen, primarily focusing on activities such as stalking and hunting. To make it accessible for his guests, Sir John gave access to the West Highland Railway Company to build across his land on condition that they build a railway station for him on his estate. This station opened to passengers on 7 August 1894. It was originally built to serve the Corrour sporting estate, whose owners were investors in the railway. Guests visiting the estate for deer stalking and grouse shooting were taken from the station to the head of Loch Ossian by horse-drawn carriage. A small steamer then transported them to shooting lodge at the far end of the loch.
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