The Friends of the Far North Line
Cairdean Na Loine Tuath
the campaign group for rail north of
Inverness - lobbying for improved services for the local user, tourist and freight
operator
As the Flow Country website proudly declares on its landing page:
"The First Peatland World Heritage Site - the most intact and extensive blanket bog system in the world, stretching across Caithness and Sutherland in the far north of Scotland."
On July 26th 2024, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee inscribed the Flow Country as a World Heritage Site, and on the 31st July the King made the first of his two visits to the Far North Line this year, arriving at Forsinard to mark the wonderful achievement of UNESCO recognition.
With the RSPB Forsinard Flows Visitor Centre being situated in the old station building, the FNL is ideally placed to transport visitors to the site in the best possible way.
As the website says, "One of Britain's most impressive railway journeys crosses the heart of the Flow Country. The Far North Line runs from Inverness to Wick and Thurso, passing dramatic coastline, peat-brown rivers, and some tiny stations that serve just a couple of houses."
Let's hope that ScotRail capitalises fully on this opportunity, backed by the Scottish Government realising that investment is needed on all the Highland railways to provide the capacity to enable attractively timed and reliable services to transport visitors to Forsinard.
