Banavie Pier railway station
Banavie Pier railway station was the terminus of a short branch and was at first known as Banvie, opened by the North British Railway in 1895. The station's location was just above the impressive flight of locks on the Caledonian Canal known as "Neptune's Staircase", Banavie, Highland council area, Scotland.
Banavie Pier | |
|---|---|
The site of the 1901 Banavie Junction | |
| General information | |
| Location | Banavie, Highland Scotland |
| Coordinates | 56.84490°N 5.09487°W |
| Grid reference | NN 116 771 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | West Highland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 June 1895 | Opened |
| 1 April 1901 | Re-named Banavie Pier |
| 4 September 1939 | Closed to passengers |
| 6 August 1951 | Closed to freight |
A new station named Banavie was opened on the Mallaig Extension Railway in 1901, still operational and now the location of the radio electronic token block (RETB) control centre for the West Highland Railway system throughout, except for the Fort William station area. The original pier station became "Banavie Pier" and served the paddle steamers on the canal that ran to Inverness and the location avoided the time-consuming passage through the eight locks of the 'staircase'.