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.

History

Locheilside station opened on 1 April 1901.[4]

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1936 to 1939.[5]

20-year-old Norman Ahmed was last seen alighting from a train at the station on 27 August 2022 and was reported missing. However, he was later found safe and well.[6]

Facilities

The station as seen in 2007. The glass shelter seen here has been replaced with a wooden shelter.

The station has a shelter, a bench, a help point and cycle racks, adjacent to a small car park. The station has step-free access.[7] 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 Locheilside[8]
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 324 355 255 309 334 324 268 372 388 488 588 530 492 372 300 396 508 84 378 462

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

Four services call on request here each way on weekdays & Saturdays, and three each way on Sundays. These are mostly through trains between Mallaig and Glasgow Queen Street, though one each way only runs between Mallaig and Fort William.[9][10]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Loch Eil Outward Bound   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

  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.
  4. ^ Butt (1995)
  5. ^ McRae (1997), page 11
  6. ^ "Man missing in Highlands for two days found safe and well". STV News. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  7. ^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  9. ^ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 218
  10. ^ eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 218

Bibliography

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