[3] It stood close to the A830 road to the east of Loch Eilt near the Allt-a-Ghiughais burn and below Doire Dhamh on the West Highland Railway's extension to Mallaig.

At first it only served the needs of shooting parties on the Inverailort Estate owned by the Common-Head family, however it was later used by the army and navy during WWII[3] and closed in the 1970s.

The NBR 'Internal Notice' recorded that "A small platform has been erected 17 miles 15 chains from Banavie Junction, between Glenfinnan and Lochailort, for the purpose of enabling Sporting Parties, visiting Mrs Head of Kinlochailort to leave or join the trains.

[9] The house and Inverailort Estate's 12,000 acres were requisitioned for the war effort by the government and used as a base by David Stirling and Lord Lovat.

[2] The railway line to Mallaig from Fort William is in daily use for passengers traffic and the remains of the path from the platform site to the A830 are visible as a low facing wall.