| Lochailort | |
| Native Name: | Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Loch Ailleart |
| Symbol Location: | gb |
| Symbol: | rail |
| Borough: | Lochailort, Highland |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Coordinates: | 56.8814°N -5.6634°W |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Manager: | ScotRail |
| Platforms: | 1 |
| Code: | LCL[1] |
| Original: | Mallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway |
| Pregroup: | North British Railway |
| Postgroup: | LNER |
| Years: | 1 April 1901 |
| Events: | Station opened |
| Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
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, between Glenfinnan and Beasdale, 28miles from the former Banavie Junction.[2] ScotRail manage the station and operate all services.
Lochailort station was opened on 1 April 1901 when the Mallaig Extension Railway opened.[3] [4]
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 second platform fell into disuse in the 1970s.[5]
A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1960 to 1965, the first year a standard camping coach was used, then it was replaced with a Pullman camping coach.[6]
The facilities here are very basic, consisting of just a shelter, a bench, a help point, some bike racks and a small car park. The station is step-free.[7] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
| Entries and exits | 1,707 | 1,802 | 1,888 | 1,592 | 1,621 | 1,658 | 2,102 | 2,146 | 2,830 | 2,830 | 2,186 | 1,960 | 1,706 | 1,696 | 1,844 | 1,546 | 1,586 | 254 | 1,116 | 1,220 |
Four services call here on request each way on weekdays and Saturdays, and three each way on Sundays. These are mostly through trains between Mallaig and, through one each way only runs between Mallaig and Fort William.[9] [10]