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
1 November marks the 125th Anniversary of the completion of the Highland Main Line in its present form, when the final section between Daviot and Inverness was opened. Prior to this the line had reached Inverness by way of Boat of Garten, Grantown-on-Spey and Forres. The new route saved 25 miles.
Sadly the Chief Engineer of the Highland Railway, Murdoch Paterson, died on 9 August 1898, a few weeks before the opening of the line.