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Arisaig Railway Station

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Railway Station (20th Century)

Site Name Arisaig Railway Station

Classification Railway Station (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Arisaig Station; Arisaig Village, Railway Station, Ticket Office/waiting Room

Canmore ID 105380

Site Number NM68NE 14

NGR NM 66371 86740

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/105380

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View from S of small wooden waiting room on N platform
View from S of small wooden waiting room on N platformGeneral view of station from E, with signal box (foreground left)Oblique view from E of main station building, containing former booking officeView from SE of rear of main station building, containing former booking officeView from W of signal box at E end of stationGeneral view of station from E, with signal box (foreground left)View from NW of signal box at E end of stationOblique view from E of main station building, containing former booking officeView from NW of signal box at E end of stationGeneral view of station (including both platforms) from WView from NW of main station building, containing booking former officeView from E showing locomotive 64592 and another locomotive behind approaching stationGeneral view of station from E, with signal box (foreground left)View from W of signal box at E end of stationView from NW of main station building, containing booking former officeView from NW of signal box at E end of stationGeneral view of station (including both platforms) from WOblique view from E of main station building, containing former booking officeDetailed view from NE of bay windows of station offices, facing onto platformView from W of signal box at E end of stationDetailed view from NE of bay windows of station offices, facing onto platformView from S of small wooden waiting room on N platformGeneral view of station from E, with signal box (foreground left)View from W showing special train with locomotive 64636 at station with N platform shelter in backgroundView from SE of rear of main station building, containing former booking officeGeneral view of station (including both platforms) from W

Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Arisaig And Moidart
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Lochaber
  • Former County Inverness-shire

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Arisaig Station, 1901 Station building conforming to the West Highland Railway's standard Swiss chalet format, accompanied by wellpreserved contemporary signal box. Three pretty railway workers' cottages of poured concrete on the slope below.

Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

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Archaeology Notes

NM68NE 14 66371 86740

This intermediate station on the Fort William - Mallaig line (the 'West Highland Extension') of the former North British Rly was opened by that company on 1 April 1901. It remains in regular use by passenger traffic.

Although built as a two-platform station, it is now an unstaffed halt.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 June 2001.

B Williams 1988; R V J Butt 1995.

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WHR, opened 1.4.1901

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