Arisaig railway station

Arisaig

National Rail
General information
LocationArisaig, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates56°54′47″N 5°50′22″W / 56.9130°N 5.8395°W / 56.9130; -5.8395
Grid referenceNM663867
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeARG[2]
History
Original companyMallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
1 April 1901Station opened[3]
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 6,226
2019/20Decrease 5,942
2020/21Decrease 1,072
2021/22Increase 3,802
2022/23Increase 4,196
Listed Building – Category B
Designated29 May 1985
Reference no.LB326[4]
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Arisaig railway station serves the village of Arisaig on the west coast of the Highland region of Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line, measured 32 mileschains (51.5 km) from the former Banavie Junction, near Fort William, between Beasdale and Morar on the way to Mallaig.[5] The westernmost station on the Network Rail network,[6] it is the only one of the four cardinal points of the national network that is not a terminus. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ Butt (1995)
  4. ^ "ARISAIG VILLAGE, RAILWAY STATION, TICKET OFFICE/WAITING ROOM AND SIGNAL BOX". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  5. ^ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 89. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
  6. ^ Pipe, Vicki; Marshall, Geoff (2018). The Railway Adventures. September Publishing.