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Locheilside railway station is a railway station on the northern shore of Loch Eil in the

Council Area of

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. This station is on the

West Highland Line The West Highland Line ( gd, Rathad Iarainn nan Eilean - "Iron Road to the Isles") is a railway line linking the ports of Mallaig and Oban in the Scottish Highlands to Glasgow in Central Scotland. The line was voted the top rail journey in th ...

, between

Glenfinnan Glenfinnan ( gd, Gleann Fhionnain ) is a hamlet in Lochaber area of the Highlands of Scotland. In 1745 the Jacobite rising began here when Prince Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") raised his standard on the shores of Loch Shiel. ...

and Loch Eil Outward Bound, located from the former

Banavie Banavie (; gd, Banbhaidh) is a small settlement near Fort William in the Highland Council Area of Scotland. One of the closest villages to Ben Nevis, it is about northeast of Fort William town centre, next to Caol and Corpach. It has been ...

Junction near Fort William.

, who manage the station, operate all services.

History

Locheilside station opened on 1 April 1901.Butt (1995) The station was host to a

camping coach Camping coaches were holiday accommodation offered by many railway companies in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland from the 1930s. The coaches were old passenger vehicles no longer suitable for use in trains, which were converted to ...

from 1936 to 1939. 20-year-old Norman Ahmed was last seen alighting from a train at the station on 27 August 2022 and was reported missing. However, he was later found safe and well.

Facilities

The station has a shelter, a bench, a help point and cycle racks, adjacent to a small car park. The station has step-free access. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

Passenger volume

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

Four services call here each way on weekdays & Saturdays, and three each way on Sundays. These are mostly through trains between

Mallaig Mallaig (; gd, Malaig derived from Old Norse , meaning sand dune bay) is a port in Lochaber, on the west coast of the Highlands of Scotland. The local railway station, Mallaig, is the terminus of the West Highland railway line (Fort Willia ...

and , though one each way only runs between Mallaig and Fort William.eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 218

References

Bibliography

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External links

RAILSCOT on Mallaig Extension Railway
Railway stations in Highland (council area) Railway stations served by ScotRail Railway request stops in Great Britain Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1901 Former North British Railway stations Low usage railway stations in the United Kingdom {{Highland-railstation-stub