Arisaig railway station
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| Arisaig railway station viewed from the rear of The Jacobite service en-route to Mallaig | |
| Location | |
| Place | Arisaig |
| Local authority | Highland |
| Coordinates | 56°54′47″N 5°50′20″W / 56.913°N 5.839°WCoordinates: 56°54′47″N 5°50′20″W / 56.913°N 5.839°W |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ARG |
| Managed by | First ScotRail |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2002/03 * | 7,678 |
| 2004/05 * | 7,220 |
| 2005/06 * | 7,086 |
| 2006/07 * | 7,636 |
| 2007/08 * | 7,290 |
| History | |
| Original company | Mallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| 1 April 1901 | Station opened[1] |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Arisaig from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |
Arisaig railway station serves the village of Arisaig on the west coast of the Highland region of Scotland.
This station is on the West Highland Line, 54 kilometres (34 mi) west of Fort William on the way to Mallaig.
It is the westernmost station on the National Rail network.
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[edit] History
Arisaig station opened on 1 April 1901.[1] The station was laid out with two platforms, one on either side of a crossing loop. There is a siding on the south side of the line, east of the Down platform.
Opened by the North British Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by ScotRail until the Privatisation of British Railways.
[edit] Services
Monday to Saturdays currently, four trains a day call at Arisaig on the way to Fort William, and three of them go on further to Glasgow.
Arisaig station is also served by "Jacobite" steam trains in the summer for the benefit of tourists, attracted to its views of the small isles, such as Eigg and Muck.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Beasdale | First ScotRail West Highland Line |
Morar | ||
| Glenfinnan | West Coast Railway Company The Jacobite May-October |
Mallaig | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Beasdale Line and Station open |
North British Railway |
Morar Line and Station open |
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[edit] Signalling
From the time of its opening in 1901, the Mallaig Extension Railway was worked throughout by the electric token system. Arisaig signal box was situated at the east end of the Down platform, on the south side of the line.
On 14 March 1982, the method of working on the section between Arisaig and Mallaig was changed to One Train Working (with train staff).
The crossing loop and siding at Arisaig were temporarily put out of use on 13 November 1983 and all the semaphore signals were removed. All trains then used the Down loop. The One Train Working section became Glenfinnan - Mallaig.
On 29 April 1984, the crossing loop was reinstated to cater for the steam trains, but with train-operated points at each end. Arisaig token station could be switched in or out as required. When it was switched out, the Arisaig - Mallaig train staff would be padlocked to the Glenfinnan - Arisaig key token.
The Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB) system was commissioned between Mallaig Junction (now called 'Fort William Junction') and Mallaig on 6 December 1987. This resulted in the closure of Arisaig signal box (amongst others). The RETB is controlled from a Signalling Centre at Banavie railway station.
The Train Protection & Warning System (TPWS) was installed in 2003.
[edit] Gallery
.jpg) Entrance to Arisaig station |
.jpg) Arisaig station |
.jpg) Arisaig station looking east |
.jpg) Arisaig station building |
.jpg) Looking in the Fort William direction |
.jpg) A Mallaig bound train leaving Arisaig station |
.jpg) The Jacobite steam train approaching Arisaig station |
.jpg) A special train from Lancashire at Arisaig in 1979 |
[edit] References
[edit] Notes
[edit] Sources
- Butt, R.V.J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- Station on navigable O.S. map
- RAILSCOT on Mallaig Extension Railway
[edit] External links
Media related to Arisaig railway station at Wikimedia Commons
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