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The Cairngorm Mountains are an arctic-alpine high country of granite plateaus, deep corries, glacial lochs and ancient pinewood, with Ben Macdui, Braeriach and Cairn Toul rising above the Lairig Ghru pass. Aviemore station puts the mountains, forest trails and Loch Morlich within reach by train.
There is 1 station within a mile of The Cairngorm Mountains National Scenic Area.
The area is home to 158 DoBIH-listed peaks, the highest being Ben Macdui [Beinn Macduibh] at 1309m.
The Cairngorm Mountains train stations
Best for walkers first: gold, silver and bronze rate the hills, landscape and trails near each.
Journey times from cities
How soon you can be at the nearest station serving the Cairngorm Mountains National Scenic Area from each city, counting stations just outside the boundary as well as inside it.
- Inverness to AviemoreFrom 42min
- Stirling to AviemoreFrom 2hr 1min
- Dundee to AviemoreFrom 2hr 17min
- Glasgow to AviemoreFrom 2hr 43min
- Edinburgh to AviemoreFrom 2hr 55min
- Aberdeen to AviemoreFrom 3hr 11min
- Newcastle to AviemoreFrom 4hr 45min
- Durham to AviemoreFrom 5hr 11min
- Lancaster to AviemoreFrom 5hr 24min
- Preston to AviemoreFrom 5hr 40min
- York to AviemoreFrom 5hr 48min
- Manchester to AviemoreFrom 6hr 22min
- Leeds to AviemoreFrom 6hr 27min
- Liverpool to AviemoreFrom 6hr 31min
- Sheffield to AviemoreFrom 6hr 41min
- Birmingham to AviemoreFrom 7hr 26min
- London to AviemoreFrom 7hr 33min
- Nottingham to AviemoreFrom 7hr 47min
- Leicester to AviemoreFrom 7hr 54min
- Cambridge to AviemoreFrom 7hr 58min
- Norwich to AviemoreFrom 8hr 38min
- Oxford to AviemoreFrom 8hr 54min
Good to know
Can you get to the Cairngorm Mountains National Scenic Area by train?
Yes. Aviemore is within 1 mile of the Cairngorm Mountains National Scenic Area.
What is the nearest train station to the Cairngorm Mountains National Scenic Area?
Aviemore is inside the Cairngorm Mountains National Scenic Area.
How long does it take to get to the Cairngorm Mountains National Scenic Area by train?
The Cairngorm Mountains National Scenic Area is 42min from Inverness, 2hr 1min from Stirling, 2hr 17min from Dundee and 7hr 33min from London by train, to the nearest station.
More of The Cairngorm Mountains
Photo: Nigel Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph
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Photo: Nigel Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph