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This station was north of Fort Augustus station on the west side of Loch Ness.

This was a single platform station, with the platform on the east side of a loop. The station served a pier, built in concrete, opened with the railway. There was a small goods yard on the east side of the station by the pier. The station notably bore the name 'Pier' on its signs.

Initially David MacBrayne ran ferry services from the pier to Inverness with a subsidy from the railway for calling at the pier. MacBrayne ran ferries from Glasgow to Inverness via the Caledonian Canal and from Banavie to Inverness - a service directly in competition with the railway which only served a part of the journey and required a ferry interchange.

The station building, on the platform, was demolished after closure. The building was akin to the station buildings elsewhere on the line and on the Mallaig Extension.

To the west of the station was the 'Pier House' which has survived in modified form. This building was not the station building.

Closure to passengers came in 1906 and, officially, to goods in July 1924, although in reality this may have been considerably earlier (probably 1915). The disused track remained for some time and was lifted south as far as the A82 in 1935.

The trackbed and platforms survived until the 1960s. More recent landscaping has hidden the formation of the platform.

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Accommodation is available at the former station site Old Pier House .

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