Fersit Halt railway station

The West Highland Railway opened the line to passengers on 7 August 1894; later it was operated by the North British Railway, until in 1923 it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway. In 1948 the line became part of the Scottish Region of British Railways following nationalisation. Fersit Halt however was opened to serve the navvy encampment and the construction depot for the Lochaber Power Scheme that involved extensive works building dams at Loch Treig and Loch Laggan. A diversion of the original West Highland Railway line route was necessary over a distance of 1.5 miles, the original trackbed is visible beneath the Loch Treig dam. The original contractors for the line, Lucas…