Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway

v t e Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway (Highland Railway)
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Inverness and Ross-shire Railway Inverness Rose Street Junction Welsh's Bridge Junction Millburn Junction Inverness and Nairn Railway Scretan Burn Cradlehall crossovers sidings Culloden Moor Highland Bitumen sidings Culloden Viaduct Daviot Aultnaslanach Viaduct Moy Burn Loch Moy Moy Loop north points Moy Moy Loop south points Tomatin distillery Tomatin A9 Findhorn Viaduct Slochd Viaduct Slochd Summit unnamed burn River Dulnain Carrbridge Loop north points Carrbridge timber siding Inverness and Perth Junction Railway now operated by Strathspey Railway Aviemore Inverness and Perth Junction Railway

The Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway was a section of railway built by the Highland Railway to provide a shorter and more direct route between Inverness and Aviemore, carrying its main line traffic to Perth and the south.

The line was constructed as a tactical measure to fend off incursions into the area by rival companies. It opened in 1898. The earlier route from Forres via Dava was retained, and for many years the Highland Railway and its successors operated both routes in parallel, but in 1965 the Dava route was closed.

The Inverness and Aviemore Line continues in operation at the present day, forming part of the Highland Main Line between Inverness and Perth.