Fort William railway station

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History

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The original station in 1957
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The original station alongside the loch

The first station was constructed by the West Highland Railway which was later absorbed by the North British Railway. They chose a site for the station alongside the town shipping pier, which required the purchase of a strip of the foreshore. The railway company bought this for £25 (Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".)Template:Inflation-fn an acre.[2] Purchase of this land displaced some people from their houses and the railway company was obliged to provide replacement housing. Other residents realised too late that the railway line cut the town off from the shore and the company responded by providing some wicket gate crossings.

It was opened by the Marchioness of Tweedale, Candida Louisa Bartolucci, wife of the chairman of the North British Railway, William Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale[3] on 7 August 1894. They had departed by special train comprising two locomotives and eleven carriages from Glasgow at 8.15am, and arrived in Fort William at 1.30pm. It was sited to the west of the present station on what is now the A82 town bypass, alongside Loch Linnhe at Station Square, at the time in close proximity to then location of the former Caledonian MacBrayne bus station. The old station was a stone built construction featuring a turret and a double arched entranceway and had three platforms. Two of the platforms terminated under the platform canopy, but the third continued past the station, crossing the MacBrayne pier and terminated at the jetty just beyond.[4]

In 1970 the British Railways Board put forward proposals to re-site the station Script error: No such module "convert". north of its location to allow the improvements to the A82 to be implemented.[5] The last train from the old station departed on 7 June 1975[6] and the station closed on 9 June. It was demolished immediately afterwards to permit construction of the bypass.[7]

The present Fort William station of grey concrete construction was opened on 13 June 1975.[7] The current station lies in the shadow of Ben Nevis.

Accidents and incidents

During high winds in February 1980 a brick wall at the station collapsed onto the track and blocked a platform.[8]

Signalling

Since its opening in 1975, the present Fort William station has been equipped with colour light signals. The signalling is controlled from an 'NX' (entrance-exit) panel in Fort William Junction signal box. The single line between the junction and the station is worked by the Track Circuit Block system, so no tokens are needed for that part of the route.

Facilities

Refurbishment of the facilities at Fort William railway station was completed in 2007 thanks to a £750,000 investment.[9] The refurbishment includes new shower facilities and refurbished toilets. The shower facilities include two showers for ladies, two for gentlemen and one unisex shower facility for disabled people.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

The island platform is also equipped with a few shops and restaurants, a ticket office, bike racks, a car park and a taxi rank, and some benches. All areas of the station are step-free.[10]

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Fort William[11]
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 115,510 120,333 121,920 134,302 135,488 138,870 135,556 145,504 144,106 139,808 138,514 155,856 160,418 139,722 22,316 114,230 145,564
Interchanges 192 211 247 295 365 414 458 440 387 339 355 393 414 377 39 197 204

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

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Caledonian Sleeper and ScotRail services standing at Fort William station

Fort William has three daytime trains per day in each direction on Mondays to Saturdays, running between Glasgow Queen Street and Mallaig. There is also a daily early morning service to Mallaig that starts at Fort William, with a similar return service in the evening, which connects with the Caledonian Sleeper. The regular Sunday service consists of two train per day each way between Glasgow and Mallaig, with the schedule in the peak season supplemented by one service between Fort William and Mallaig.

The Caledonian Sleeper operates six nights per week (not Saturday nights) to and from London Euston, starting and terminating at Fort William. The sleeper also carries seated coaches and can thus be used as a regular service train to/from Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley.

The Jacobite operates non-stop between Fort William and Mallaig. This runs all year round, with a maximum of two trains per day Monday to Saturday and one on Sunday. A reduced Jacobite timetable is operated later in the summer.[12][13][14]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Spean Bridge 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;" |   Banavie
Terminus style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:0px none; border-bottom:0px none;" |   style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:0px none; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Terminus
Spean Bridge style="background:#Template:CS color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Caledonian Sleeper
Highland Caledonian Sleeper 		style="background:#Template:CS color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Terminus
Heritage Railways  Heritage railways
Mallaig style="background:#Template:Temporary rail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   West Coast Railways
The Jacobite 		style="background:#Template:Temporary rail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Terminus
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Spean Bridge
Line and station open 		  Script error: No such module "If empty".<div style="height:8px; background-color:#Script error: No such module "If empty".; color:inherit; border:none; margin:0 -5px -2px;">   Banavie Pier
Line mostly open; station closed
Terminus   Script error: No such module "If empty".<div style="height:8px; background-color:#Script error: No such module "If empty".; color:inherit; border:none; margin:0 -5px -2px;">  
Banavie
Line and station open 		  North British Railway
Mallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway
   Terminus

See also

References

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  12. ↑ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 218
  13. ↑ eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 218
  14. ↑ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 220

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  • Train times and station information for Fort William railway station from National Rail
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