Inverness by the Kyle of Lochalsh railway line, built in 1897 to improve public transport to the north-west of Scotland. The line ends on the water's edge, near where the ferry connection used to run. Kyle of Lochalsh is a calling point for the Royal Scotsman service. Scottish Citylink coaches also call at Kyle of Lochalsh, at the bus stop by the old ferry slipway - current routes are the 917 between Inverness and Skye and the 915 and 916 between Glasgow, Fort William and Skye (915 via Glasgow Airport). Both run at least twice a day, depending on the time of year. There are irregular local buses to Broadford and Elgol on Skye, school buses to Plockton and a taxibus service to Glenelg, Highland via Shiel Bridge (this only runs three days a week and in winter needs to be booked). Skye has additional buses in the high summer season, some of which run to Kyle. The A87 road runs through Kyle to and from the Skye Bridge. In popular culture In 1980, the BBC did a series of documentaries, entitled Great Railway Journeys of the World. Kyle of Lochalsh appeared in an episode entitled "Confessions of a Trainspotter", presented by Michael Palin. In the segment, Palin travelled by various trains from London to Kyle of Lochalsh. His humour was evident throughout the documentary. Upon reaching Kyle of Lochalsh, he purchased a large piece of railway memorabilia—the Kyle of Lochalsh railway platform sign. The ending credits showed Palin taking the oversized sign with him back to London; he then hung it on his garden wall at home. Along with nearby village Plockton, the town became the backdrop to the BBC drama series Hamish Macbeth. Kyle of Lochalsh was visited by the characters in Mark Chadbourn's trilogy, Age of Misrule. It is the birth place of the character Roger Wakefield Mackenzie from the series of books and tv series Outlander. See also Port an Eòrna References External links Video footage of the town's station and branchline in 1970 Kyle of Lochalsh Station in 2018 Populated places in Lochalsh Ross and Cromarty Ports and harbours of Scotland