Locheilside railway station

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Locheilside

Scottish Gaelic: Taobh Loch Iall[1]
National Rail
Locheilside.jpg
LocationLoch Eil, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates56°51′22″N 5°17′25″W / 56.8560°N 5.2903°W / 56.8560; -5.2903Coordinates: 56°51′22″N 5°17′25″W / 56.8560°N 5.2903°W / 56.8560; -5.2903
Grid referenceNM994786
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeLCS
History
Original companyMallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
1 April 1901Station opened
Passengers
2016/17Decrease 372
2017/18Decrease 300
2018/19Increase 396
2019/20Increase 508
2020/21Decrease 84
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Locheilside railway station is a railway station on the northern shore of Loch Eil in the Highland Council Area of Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line. Locheilside operates on a request stop basis.

History[]

Locheilside station opened on 1 April 1901.[2]

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1936 to 1939.[3]

Services[]

Four services call here each way on weekdays & Saturdays and two or three each way (depending on the time of year) on Sundays. These are mostly through trains between Mallaig & Glasgow Queen Street, though one each way only runs between Mallaig & Fort William.[4]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Loch Eil Outward Bound   Abellio ScotRail
West Highland Line 		  Glenfinnan
  Historical railways  
Corpach
Line and Station open 		  North British Railway
Mallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway
   Glenfinnan
Line and Station open

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Butt (1995)
  3. ^ McRae (1997), page 11
  4. ^ Table 227 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources[]

  • Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.

Further reading[]

  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

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