Locheilside railway station

Locheilside

Scottish Gaelic: Taobh Loch Iall[1]
National Rail
The station seen in 2011
General information
LocationLoch Eil, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates56°51′22″N 5°17′25″W / 56.8560°N 5.2903°W / 56.8560; -5.2903
Grid referenceNM994786
Managed byScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeLCS[2]
History
Original companyMallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
1 April 1901Station opened
Passengers
2018/19Increase 396
2019/20Increase 508
2020/21Decrease 84
2021/22Increase 378
2022/23Increase 462
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, between Glenfinnan and Loch Eil Outward Bound, located 7 miles 79 chains (12.9 km) from the former Banavie Junction near Fort William.[3] 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. ^ 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. pp. 89, 90. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.