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OLD RAILWAYS ON HORSEBACK
Aberfoyle Railway
Parking at Scottish Wool centre, Aberfoyle Telephone: 01877 382850
Grid ref: NN 522 009 Wool Centre, Aberfoyle.
Grid ref: NS 564 941 B835 near Ballochneck Bridge, Buchlyvie.
Aberfoyle railway © Copyright Alistair
MacKenzie and licensed for reuse under
this Creative Commons Licence.
Aberfoyle Railway Copyright Greg Fitchett and licensed
for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Aberfoyle Railway © Copyright Richard Sutcliffe and
licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Aberfoyle Railway © Copyright Richard
Webb and licensed for reuse under this
Creative Commons Licence.
The Glasgow to Aberfoyle Line was a line built in stages leaving the
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway close to Lenzie. The main motivation for
building it was Tourism with road tours to the Trossachs forming a significant
part of it. The Strathendrick and Aberfoyle line was operated by North British
Railway and subsequently in 1923 by the London and North Eastern Railway.
Opened for passenger and freight in 1882. It eventually failed to compete with
road transport and was closed by British Railways in 1951 and the line
completely closed in 1959.
A note: This is a Sustrans 7 route. Total distance 5.6 miles. We have tried to
ascertain that equestrian traffic can access this line, having got a rather non-
informative email from Sustrans. In the main part it does look accessible and
Scotland does have an open access policy.
