Isara McCallum and daughter Mia visit Pitlochry Railway Station near where they had hoped to situate the train restaurant (Image: Perthshire Advertiser) Six months after the application was passed but without a breakthrough in obtaining a site to open on, Fergus McCallum, his wife Isara and daughter Mia must dissolve the Wee Choo limited company. Three people objected and the proposed lease of 12 spaces next to the railway track in Rie-Achan Car Park, owned by PKC, was turned down, five votes to two in favour.Ĭontroversy stemmed from the issue of public parking spaces being lost when a parking problem had been identified in Pitlochry.
Their dream was to use two converted railway carriageways as a novelty eatery, opening the Wee Choo-Choo Restaurant in the Highland Perthshire tourist town this summer.īut having gained planning permission in April 2021, the plan was stymied when at a meeting on June 14 they failed to secure a site for the restored first class carriages. The McCallum family say this is because their planning appeal has not been heard by Perth and Kinross Council.
The family who wanted to open a Thai restaurant in converted train carriages in Pitlochry say they have no choice but to go into voluntary liquidation.
