Arisaig Railway Station
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
- Council Highland
- Parish Arisaig And Moidart
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
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
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.
WHR, opened 1.4.1901
