Locheilside | |
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Scottish Gaelic: Taobh Loch Iall | |
Location | |
Place | Loch Eil |
Local authority | Highland |
Coordinates | 56°51′22″N 5°17′25″W / 56.8560°N 5.2903°WCoordinates: 56°51′22″N 5°17′25″W / 56.8560°N 5.2903°W |
Grid reference | NM994786 |
Operations | |
Station code | LCS |
Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
Number of platforms | 1 |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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Annual rail passenger usage* | |
2011/12 | 388 |
2012/13 | 488 |
2013/14 | 588 |
2014/15 | 530 |
2015/16 | 492 |
History | |
Original company | Mallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway |
Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
Post-grouping | LNER |
1 April 1901 | Station opened |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Locheilside from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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.
Four services call here each way on weekdays & Saturdays and one or three each way (depending on the time of year) on Sundays. These are mostly through trains between Mallaig & Glasgow Queen Street, through one each way only runs between Mallaig & Fort William.