Beasdale railway station

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Template other Beasdale railway station is a railway station serving Glen Beasdale in the Highland region of Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line, sited from the former Banavie Junction, between Lochailort and Arisaig. ScotRail manage the station and operate all services.

History

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Longer distance view (1961)

It was originally a private station for the nearby Arisaig House,Template:Sfn and the station was thus originally opened on 1 April 1901,Template:Sfn but was fully open to the public from 6 September 1965.Template:Sfn

The former station building is now a private holiday cottage.Template:Sfn

Facilities

The station is equipped with a bench, a shelter and a help point, with a small car park adjacent to the station.

Passenger volume

Beasdale was one of six railway stations in Britain to see zero passengers in the 2020/21 period, due to decreased travel throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. It is therefore Britain's joint-least-used station alongside Abererch, Llanbedr, Sampford Courtenay, Stanlow and Thornton and Sugar Loaf.

It has been noted to consistently be one of the lesser-used stations across Scotland.

Passenger volume at Beasdale

	2002–03	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23
Entries and exits	489	349	264	307	213	200	272	378	376	410	506	472	366	312	418	342	324	0	162	170

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

There are four trains per day to Mallaig on Monday to Saturday, and three trains on Sunday. In the opposite direction, there are three through trains per day to Glasgow Queen Street (via Fort William) and one train per day to Fort William with a connecting train to Glasgow, Edinburgh and London Euston. On Sunday there are two Glasgow trains and one to Fort William.

Preceding station	National Rail National Rail			Following station
Lochailort	style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	ScotRail West Highland Line	style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Arisaig
	Historical railways
Lochailort Line and Station open		North British Railway Mallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway		Arisaig Line and Station open

External links

• Train times and station information for Beasdale railway station from National Rail
• RAILSCOT on Mallaig Extension Railway

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