Loch Eil Outward Bound railway station
Loch Eil Outward Bound railway station is a railway station on the northern bank of Loch Eil in the Highland region of Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line, 5 miles 47 chains (9.0 km) from Fort William. Its name refers to the nearby Outward Bound centre that the station was built to serve.
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| Location | Loch Eil, Highland Scotland |
| Coordinates | 56.8554°N 5.1929°W |
| Grid reference | NN054783 |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | LHE |
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| May 1985 | Station opened |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  478 |
| 2016/17 |  572 |
| 2017/18 | 548 |
| 2018/19 | 554 |
| 2019/20 | 748 |
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Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
History
This station opened by British Rail in May 1985. It comprises a single platform on the north side of the railway.
Services
From Monday to Saturday, four trains stop each way heading to Glasgow Queen Street and Mallaig. On Sundays, this is reduced to three trains each way.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
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| Corpach | Abellio ScotRail West Highland Line |
Locheilside | ||
Signalling
On 6 December 1987, the station became a Token Exchange Point when the Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB) system was commissioned by British Rail between Mallaig Junction (now called 'Fort William Junction') and Mallaig. The RETB is controlled from a Signalling Centre at Banavie railway station.
The Train Protection & Warning System was installed in 2003.
References
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- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.