Introduction

This electrified tramway connected the smelter at Kinlochleven with a nearby pier. Bauxite for the works was brought in by sea and aluminium slabs were taken out. The road from Glencoe to Kinlochleven along the south side of the loch was established in the Second World War using German POW manpower and probably reduced the need for the line. Bauxite was also brought in by the Ballachulish Branch (Callander and Oban Railway) and taken on to Kinlochleven. The tramway was removed long before the closure of the works but a very impressive concrete roadbridge over the course of the line still exists.