Caption:

Kyle of Lochalsh station, at the end of the line

from Inverness, was the terminus from which passengers could gain access to the Isle of Skye having arrived by rail. It was a substantial structure which consisted of a wide and long island platform with both sides in use. Behind me as I shot the photograph, is the quayside and then the narrow strait with the town of Kyleakin on Skye reached at this time by ferry but there is now a road bridge. The two Sulzer Type 2 Class 25s stand with an April 1973 Grand Scottish Circular Tour return leg having arrived from Crewe and waiting for passengers off the ferry from Mallaig who had come via the West Highland Line but were due to return via Inverness and Perth. Note the line bottom right which leads to the quayside to deal with fish traffic, another source of revenue long since abandoned to road transport.