[Closed] Train accessible area in Scotland for a few days' riding

Check the train line up toInverness - train stops in Stirling, (I think Perth?), Dunkeld, Aviemore - all have some good biking in the areas - further north the more big country stuff there is.

Dunkeld and Aviemore, job done.

You could do loads of places - Dunkeld, Pitlochry, Blair Atholl, Aviemore and Fort William are all easy. You could even do Dunkeld one day, Pitlochry the next then Blair Atholl the next. That'd let you so some of the Dunkeld enduro/DH stuff which is much longer than the Tweed Valley stuff, then the Pitlochry enduro stuff which is like Inners but there's more steep stuff and then you could do Carn A Chlamain as a classic Munro ride from Blair Atholl.

If that doesn't take your fancy there's plenty of riding around the West Highland Line too - Corour Station, Bridge of Orchy, Fort William etc. Not necessarily following the West Highland Way but that area. Accommodation isn't easy this year even "out of season" so you need to think ahead.

Thanks all for the good advice. I'd been thinking about the Dunkeld/Blair Atholl So good to have it confirmed that it's worth a go.

You'd have two or three days of great riding in Dunkeld alone. Lovely place as well.

I'd swerve Pitlochry unless it's dry.

+1 on Dunkeld to Pitlochry area - Aberfeldy is but a forest road ride away too.

I've done fort william- awesome train ride, but it's a wee bit of a commute out to the trails (especially since a lot of the b&bs etc are out on the south side of town). It worked well enough but I reckon Dunkeld is a better option.

+1 For what everyone else has said, but you obviously want to go to Barrhill.

Which is about 15 miles from NewtonStewart and handy for Glentrool too. NewtonStewart is only a few miles from Kirroughtree and you could also do the Ayrshire Alps route. Access by train from Ayr

I see nobody has mentioned the elephant in the room that is the horrific shiteness of the Inverness trains for bike carrying. 2 bikes max, hilariously bad storage and must be booked.

You would be better looking at the Oban line or trains to Ayr and Stranraer (which is closer to Newton Stewart than Ayr for the return)

Torridon via Achnashellach station?

I was half joking squirrelking l got the train from Falkirk to Barrhill then cycled to NewtStewart abandoned my luggage in a caravan I'd booked and spent 4 days on the different routes around there.

Three Lochs?

I've got to say it's not the worst part of the world to rock up to on a bike, you could get the train to Stranraer and pick up the Southern Upland Way to Glentrool or such then base yourself somewhere in the forest. The road ride from Ayr isn't too bad either but I'd rather not be doing it on a pishing wet and windy October day. Nae midges though so silver linings.

Thanks for the further input. Settled for Pitlochry. And yes, I booked the bike on the Inverness train from Edinburgh since I had to book my bike on the train from England anyway (which is another barrel of fun). It is a bit contrived. I'm surprised there is no local trains on that line. Anyhoo.
Ta all.