Mallaig Pier: MV Iona side unloading at Mallaig in 1991 having arrived from Armadale in Skye.



She was renamed MV Pentalina-B in 1997 when transferred to Pentland Ferries. In 2009 she moved to Cape Verde under new ownership and was to run aground on a reef just off Santiago island in 2014.
Ewan Crawford //1991

Mallaig Pier

Location type


Name and dates

Mallaig Pier (1901-)

Opened on the Mallaig Extension (West Highland Railway).
Opened on the Caledonian MacBrayne.

Description

Mallaig Pier is the port for Armadale Pier on Skye, Lochboisdale Pier on South Uist, Inverie Pier in Knoydart and the Small Isles; Eigg Pier, Muck Pier, Rum Pier and Canna Harbour. It is located on the Sound of Sleat.

Caledonian MacBrayne - Mallaig

Track formerly ran onto the pier from Mallaig station which particularly aided the transfer of fish from the fleet of fishing boats to the express fish trains to the south. This short extension ran up the west side of the station, extending the line beyond the passenger station. Such was the level of fish traffic that at its height as many as 20 trains a day could be despatched from Mallaig for the south.

The pier itself was made of concrete blocks.

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Books


A Mallaig Boyhood (Flashbacks)
All Stations to Mallaig!: West Highland Line Since Nationalisation
Captains and Commanders: Memoirs of a Scottish West Coast Fisherman

Chapels of the Rough Bounds

Highland Steam: A Scrapbook of Images from the 'Kyle, Mallaig and Highland Lines

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: West Highland Railway v. 1

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: West Highland Railway v. 1

Iron Road to the Isles: A Travellers and Tourist Guide to the West Highland Lines

Iron Roads to the Isles: A Travellers and Tourists Souvenir Guide to the West Highland Lines

Landranger (40) Mallaig & Glenfinnan, Loch Shiel (OS Landranger Map)

Mallaig Line: An Illustrated History and Guide

Old Mallaig, Morar and Arisaig

On West Highland Lines

Railway World Special: Fort William and Mallaig

Railway World Special: West Highland Lines

Rannan Rathad Iarainn nan Eilean =: The West Highland Line
Steam to Mallaig
The Mallaig Railway
The Mallaig Railway: The West Highland Extension 1897-1901 (RCAHMS Broadsheet)
The Story of the West Highland

The Story of the West Highland: The 1940s LNER Guide to the Line

The West Highland Mallaig Extension in B.R.Days

The West Highland Railway

The West Highland Railway (Railways of the Scottish Highlands)

The West Highland Railway 120 Years

Walks from the West Highland Railway (Cicerone Guide)

West Highland Extension: Great Railway Journeys Through Time

West Highland Railway
West Highland Railway (History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands v. 1): West Highland Railway v. 1