Locheilside Scottish Gaelic:Taobh Loch Iall[1]
The station seen in 2017
General information
Location	Loch Eil,Highland Scotland
Coordinates	56°51′22″N5°17′25″W / 56.8560°N 5.2903°W /56.8560; -5.2903
Grid reference	NM994786
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	LCS[2]
History
Original company	Mallaig Extension Railway ofWest Highland Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
1 April 1901	Station opened
Passengers
2020/21	84
2021/22	378
2022/23	462
2023/24	418
2024/25	462
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Locheilside railway station is arailway station on the northern shore ofLoch Eil in theHighland Council Area ofScotland. This station is on theWest Highland Line, betweenGlenfinnan andLoch Eil Outward Bound, located 7 miles 79 chains (12.9 km) from the formerBanavie Junction nearFort William.^[3]ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.

Locheilside station opened on 1 April 1901.^[4]

The station was host to aLNERcamping coach from 1936 to 1939.^[5]

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.^[6] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Four services call on request here each way on weekdays & Saturdays, and three each way on Sundays. These are mostly through trains betweenMallaig andGlasgow Queen Street, though one each way only runs between Mallaig andFort William.^[8][9]

Preceding station	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 ofWest Highland Railway		Glenfinnan Line and Station open

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987].Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps.ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995).The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.).Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7.OCLC 60251199.OL 11956311M.
• McRae, Andrew (1997).British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline.ISBN 1-870119-48-7.

• Jowett, Alan (March 1989).Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0.OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000).Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers.ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1.OCLC 228266687.

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• Train times andstation information for Locheilside railway station fromNational Rail
• RAILSCOT on Mallaig Extension Railway

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