- Mallaig Extension Railway
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Mallaig Extension Railway Dates of operation 1 April 1901 – 21 December 1908 Successor line North British Railway Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Legend
Mallaig 
Morar Arisaig Beasdale Lochailort Glenfinnan Locheilside Corpach Banavie 
Banavie Pier (WHR) 
Banavie Junction (New) 
West Highland RailwayThe Mallaig Extension Railway is a railway line in Highland, Scotland. It runs from Banavie Junction (New) on the Banavie Pier branch of the West Highland Railway to Mallaig. The previous "Banavie Junction" closer to Fort William was renamed "Mallaig Junction" upon opening of the Mallaig Extension Railway. The line is still open as part of the West Highland Line.
Opening
The railway received Royal Assent in 31 July 1894. The line opened on 1 April 1901. It is famous for the concrete structures built along the line by Robert (Concrete Bob) McAlpine, the most notable of which is Glenfinnan Viaduct.
Connections to other lines
- West Highland Railway at Banavie Junction (new)
Sources
- Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063.
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Thomas, John (1965). The West Highland Railway. Newton Abbot: David and Charles (Publishers) Ltd. ISBN 0-7153-7281-5.
- RAILSCOT on Mallaig Extension Railway
Categories:- North British Railway
- Pre-grouping British railway companies
- Early Scottish railway companies
- Railway companies established in 1894
- Railway lines opened in 1901
- Scottish organisation stubs
- Scotland rail transport stubs
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