Corpach railway station

Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Template other Corpach railway station is a railway station serving the village of Corpach in the Highland region of Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line, between Banavie and Loch Eil Outward Bound, and is sited from Banavie Junction, near Fort William. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.

History

Corpach station opened on 1 April 1901. Loch Eil lies immediately to the south of the station.

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1936 to 1939. A camping coach was also positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1961 to 1969, the coach was a Pullman camping coach until 1964 and a standard one thereafter, all camping coaches in the region were withdrawn at the end of the 1969 season.

Facilities

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The station platform, June 2017

The single platform has a shelter, a bench and some bike racks. There is step-free access to a small car park. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Corpach

	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	1,964	2,213	2,091	2,494	2,433	2,262	2,278	2,554	2,660	2,774	2,532	2,754	2,762	2,518	2,632	2,814	2,798	428	2,210	2,858

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

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ScotRail train arriving at Corpach Station

Four services call here each way on weekdays & Saturdays, and three on Sundays. These are mostly through trains between Mallaig and Template:Rws, though one eastbound train only runs as far as Fort William.

Preceding station	National Rail National Rail			Following station
Banavie	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;" |	Loch Eil Outward Bound
	Historical railways
Banavie Line and Station open		North British Railway Mallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway		Locheilside Line and Station open

External links

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

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