hi all
we booked this very trip 2years ago in april when we knew we would be up there touring I must say it was very disapointing the brochure pictured a old steam train with victorian carrages.
what we got was a 2 carriage electric metro train in geneal service doing the normal daily route stopping at every station the route mostly seemed to go through railway cuttings back gardens and industrial estates and took about 1 and half hours
the highlight of the journey was crossing the aquaduct with spectacular views across the bay. the train driver kindly stopped the train for a few mins so the passengers could take some photos unfortunetly we were on the wrong side of the train (right side)and could not do this, (metro train carriage).
in mallaig when we got off the train we were told the return journey would depart in about 3 hrs it was pouring with rain and freezing cold.
to be honest it was probably not the best day to visit but we felt the place was a bit run down. a walk round the aquarium to get out of the rain took 15mins and was interesting if you like looking at empty tanks and being charged