Loch Eil Outward Bound railway station

Loch Eil Outward Bound Scottish Gaelic: Spòrs A-Muigh Loch Iall
General information
Location	Loch Eil, Highland Scotland
Coordinates	56.8554°N 5.1929°W / 56.8554; -5.1929
Grid reference	NN054783
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	LHE
Key dates
May 1985	Station opened
Passengers
2015/16	478
2016/17	572
2017/18	548
2018/19	554
2019/20	748
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

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			Following station
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.