Beasdale railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Beasdale
other_name = Biasdail
code = BSL

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caption = Beasdale station, looking east
manager = First ScotRail
locale = Glen Beasdale
borough = Highland
latitude = 56.900
longitude = -5.764
platforms = 1
lowusage0203 = 489
lowusage0405 = 349
lowusage0506 = 264
lowusage0607 = 307
original = Mallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway
pregroup = North British Railway
postgroup = LNER
years = 1 April 1901
events = Station openedButt (1995)]
years1 =
events1 =|

Beasdale railway station is a railway station serving Glen Beasdale in the Highland region of Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line.

History

It was originally a private station for the nearby Arisaig House, but was open to the public from the beginning. It is currently a request stop.

By the later part of the century its main users were local school children who went to school at Lochaber High just outside Fort William.

The derelict station house was sold in the 1980s and is now a private holiday home but the station platform is still railway property with a bus shelter type shelter providing rudimentary cover from the rain.

It was not unknown on dark mornings for the driver to not see you until he had drawn level with you. You were then treated to the sights and sounds of a hard braking train disappearing around the bend before it got stopped, then reversing back to pick you up.Fact|date=September 2008

rail line
next = Arisaig
previous = Lochailort
route = First ScotRail
West Highland Line
col = FF80C0rail line
next = Arisaig
Line and Station open
previous = Lochailort
Line and Station open
route = North British Railway

Mallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway
col = NBR colour
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Gallery

References

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* [http://www.railscot.co.uk/Mallaig_Extension_Railway/frame.htm RAILSCOT on Mallaig Extension Railway]