RAILSCOT | Loch Eil Outward Bound

Loch Eil Outward Bound: Opened in May 1985, Loch Eil Outward Bound, seen looking west on 30 September 2005.
John Furnevel 30/09/2005

Loch Eil Outward Bound

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Loch Eil Outward Bound (1985-)

Station code: LHE National Rail ScotRail
Where: Highland, Scotland
Opened on the Mallaig Extension (West Highland Railway).
Open on the West Highland Line.

Description

This is a relatively modern station with a short platform built to serve the nearby Outward Bound Centre, just to the north.

The centre site was a military training camp in the Second World War.

Loch Eil Outward Bound Centre

The station was opened by Sir Donald Cameron of Locheil, Class 37 37111 being renamed Loch Eil Outward Bound on the same occasion.

4.2 miles from Banavie Junction [2nd].

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map

Nearby stations Corpach Locheilside Banavie Banavie Pier Fort William [1st] Fort William Gairlochy Glenfinnan Spean Bridge Ballachulish Ferry Lech-a-vuie Platform Ballachulish (Glencoe) Invergloy Platform Kentallen Roy Bridge	Camus-na-ha Signal Box Camus-na-ha Sidings Annat Pulp Mill Ground Frame Kilmallie Mill Annat Signal Box Annat Sidings Corpach Basin Banavie Swing Bridge Neptune^s Staircase Tourist/other Loch Eil Outward Bound Centre Loch Eil Corpach Beacon Corpach Pier Camusnagaul Tomonie Signal Box
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

10/02/1998	Mallaig Extension (West Highland Railway) Part closure due to flooding. With closure of the Lochy Viaduct [Fort William] a stranded Sprinter operates between Mallaig and Loch Eil Outward Bound until the line re-opens on the 18th.