Lochailort railway station
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.
Lochailort | |
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Scottish Gaelic: Loch Ailleart[1] | |
Looking towards Mallaig | |
Location | |
Place | Lochailort |
Local authority | Highland |
Coordinates | 56.8814°N 5.6634°W |
Grid reference | NM768826 |
Operations | |
Station code | LCL |
Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
Number of platforms | 1 |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
Annual rail passenger usage* | |
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History | |
Original company | Mallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway |
Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
Post-grouping | LNER |
1 April 1901 | Station opened[2] |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
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History
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 original station buildings were of a similar design to those at Glenfinnan and Arisaig but fell into disrepair after de-staffing and were demolished during the 1970s.
Services
Four services call here each way on weekdays and Saturdays and either one or three each way (depending on the time of year) on Sundays. These are mostly through trains between Mallaig and Glasgow Queen Street, through one each way only runs between Mallaig and Fort William.[3]
See also
Preceding station | Following station | |||
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Glenfinnan | Abellio ScotRail West Highland Line |
Beasdale | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Glenfinnan Line and Station open |
North British Railway Mallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway |
Beasdale Line and Station open |
References
Notes
- Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- Butt (1995)
- 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- 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.
- 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.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lochailort railway station. |
- Video footage & history of Lochailort railway station
- RAILSCOT on Mallaig Extension Railway
- Video of Inverailort House