Beasdale railway station is a railway station serving Glen Beasdale in the Highland region of Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line, sited 28 miles 49 chains (46.0 km) from the former Banavie Junction, between Lochailort and Arisaig.[5] ScotRail manage the station and operate all services.
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 The station seen in 2012 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Glen Beasdale, Highland Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 56°54′00″N 5°45′50″W / 56.9001°N 5.7640°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NM709850 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BSL[2] | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Mallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LNER | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 April 1901 | Station opened[3] | ||||
| 6 September 1965 | Opened to the public[4] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  324 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  162 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 170 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 260 | ||||
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History
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It was originally a private station for the nearby Arisaig House,[6] and the station was thus originally opened on 1 April 1901,[7] but was fully open to the public from 6 September 1965.[8]
The former station building is now a private holiday cottage.[6]
Facilities
editThe station is equipped with a bench, a shelter and a help point, with a small car park adjacent to the station.[9]
Passenger volume
editBeasdale was one of six railway stations in Britain to see zero passengers in the 2020/21 period, due to decreased travel throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. It is therefore Britain's joint-least-used station alongside Abererch, Llanbedr, Sampford Courtenay, Stanlow and Thornton and Sugar Loaf.
It has been noted to consistently be one of the lesser-used stations across Scotland.[10][11]
| 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 | 489 | 349 | 264 | 307 | 213 | 200 | 272 | 378 | 376 | 410 | 506 | 472 | 366 | 312 | 418 | 342 | 324 | 0 | 162 | 170 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
editThere are four trains per day to Mallaig on Monday to Saturday, and three trains on Sunday. In the opposite direction, there are three through trains per day to Glasgow Queen Street (via Fort William) and one train per day to Fort William with a connecting train to Glasgow, Edinburgh and London Euston. On Sunday there are two Glasgow trains and one to Fort William.[13][14]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lochailort | ScotRail West Highland Line |
Arisaig | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Lochailort Line and Station open |
North British Railway Mallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway |
Arisaig Line and Station open | ||
References
edit- ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ Butt (1995)
- ^ Quick 2022.
- ^ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 89. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
- ^ a b Wills 2014, p. 305.
- ^ Butt 1995.
- ^ Quick 2022, p. 72.
- ^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ Dubas-Fisher, David; Walker, Peter A. (24 November 2022). "The busiest and quietest train stations in Scotland revealed". businessInsider. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Renfrewshire railway station is fourth busiest in Scotland, new figures reveal". The Gazette. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ eNRT May 2022 Timetable, Table 218
- ^ eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 218
Bibliography
edit- 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.
- 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.
- Quick, Michael (2022). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). London: Railway and Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- Wills, Dixe (2014). Tiny Stations (Paperback, 1st reprint ed.). Basingstoke: AA Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7495-7732-2.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Beasdale railway station from National Rail
- RAILSCOT on Mallaig Extension Railway
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