Lochailort railway station

Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Template other Lochailort railway station is a railway station serving the village of Lochailort in the Highland Council area in Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line, between Glenfinnan and Beasdale, from the former Banavie Junction. ScotRail manage the station and operate all services.

History

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The station seen in 1984

Lochailort station was opened on 1 April 1901 when the Mallaig Extension Railway opened.

The station was constructed with two platforms and was an electric token block post, working to Glenfinnan on one side and Arisaig on the other, until the Up loop was lifted in 1966. The loops were lengthened during the Second World War and a new brick signal box erected, the foundations of which now can still be seen at the Arisaig end of the single platform now in use. The second platform fell into disuse in the 1970s.

A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1960 to 1965, the first year a standard camping coach was used, then it was replaced with a Pullman camping coach.

Facilities

The facilities here are very basic, consisting of just a shelter, a bench, a help point, some bike racks and a small car park. The station is step-free. 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 Lochailort

	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	1,707	1,802	1,888	1,592	1,621	1,658	2,102	2,146	2,830	2,830	2,186	1,960	1,706	1,696	1,844	1,546	1,586	254	1,116	1,220

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

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

Preceding station	National Rail National Rail			Following station
Glenfinnan	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;" |	Beasdale
	Historical railways
Glenfinnan Line and Station open		North British Railway Mallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway		Beasdale Line and Station open

External links

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

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