Stromeferry is a village on the west coast of Scotland. ...
It is served by Stromeferry railway station and is close to the A890 road. Stromeferry is on the southern bank of Loch Carron, Strome Castle is opposite on the northern bank.
No ferry has operated since 1970. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
The village is referred to in Iain Banks' novel Complicity, where the narrator describes the road sign marking the village, which states "Stromeferry (No Ferry)". This oxymoronic sign is still there in 2006. Iain M. Banks at 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Iain Menzies Banks (born on February 16, 1954 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) is a Scottish writer. ... Complicity is a novel by the authour Iain Banks (also known as Iain M. Banks). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Stromeferry was originally the terminus of the railway, but an extension of the line to Kyle was opened in 1897 to link up with a ferry crossing to Skye from Kyle to Kyleakin.
At one time there was also a ferry service from Kyle to Stornoway, but, with the advent of greater private car ownership, this was replaced with a crossing from Stornoway to Ullapool.
The rail journey from Stromeferry through to Kyle is equally spectacular, as the line continues to hug the coastline.
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