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. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.

History

Locheilside station opened on 1 April 1901.

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

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.

Facilities

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. 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

	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.

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 of West Highland Railway		Glenfinnan Line and Station open