Scotland's Lost Branch Lines

David Spaven traces the birth, life and eventual death of Scotland's branch lines, and outlines the controversial closure process through the unique stories of how a dozen routes lost their trains in the 1960s: the lines to Ballachulish, Ballater, Callander, Crail, Crieff, Fraserburgh, Kelso, Kilmacolm, Leven, Peebles, Peterhead and St Andrews.

David Spaven was born and brought up in Edinburgh, and has lived and worked in Inverness, London and Glasgow. He has spent his whole working life in and around the rail industry and is the author of a number of acclaimed railways books, including Mapping the Railways (HarperCollins, 2011) and Britain's Scenic Railways (HarperCollins, 2012).