 Freight services ceased on 6 August 1951.The first "Banavie Junction" was located on the West Highland Railway around one mile east of Fort William railway station and was opened on 1 June 1895 when the branch line to Banavie Pier was opened.When the Mallaig Extension Railway opened on 30 March 1901 the junction was renamed "Mallaig Junction" however a second 'new' "Banavie Junction" then existed off the Mallaig line near the new Banavie railway station, going out of use in 1951.