Beasdale railway station

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Beasdale

Biasdail

Beasdale station, looking east

Location

Place

Glen Beasdale

Local authority

Highland

Operations

Station code

BSL

Managed by

First ScotRail

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2002/03 *

489

2004/05 *

349

2005/06 *

264

History

1901

Opened

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Beasdale from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Beasdale railway station is a railway station serving Glen Beasdale in the Highland region of Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line. It was originally a private station for the nearby Arisaig House, but was open to the public from the beginning. It is currently a request stop.

By the later part of the century its main users were local school children who went to school at Lochaber High just outside Fort William.

It was not unknown on dark mornings for the driver to not see you until he had drawn level with you. You were then treated to the sights and sounds of a hard braking train disappearing around the bend before it got stopped, then reversing back to pick you up.

The derelict station house was sold in the 1980s and is now a private holiday home but the station platform is still railway property with a bus shelter type shelter providing rudimentary cover from the rain.

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Train times and station information for Beasdale railway station from National Rail

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Beasdale railway station, April 2007

Preceding station		Following station
Lochailort	First ScotRail West Highland Line	Arisaig
Historical Railways
Lochailort Line and Station open	Mallaig Extension Railway North British Railway	Arisaig Line and Station open