Dalmally_railway_station

Dalmally railway station

Dalmally railway station

Railway station in Argyll and Bute, Scotland


Dalmally railway station is a railway station serving the village of Dalmally, near Loch Awe in Scotland. This station is on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line, originally part of the Callander and Oban Railway. It is sited 46 miles 76 chains (75.6 km) from Callander via Glen Ogle, between Tyndrum Lower and Loch Awe.[5] ScotRail manage the station and operate all services.

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History

The station seen from platform 2

This station opened on 1 April 1877. For a while, it was the western extremity of the Callander and Oban Railway, until the line finally reached its ultimate destination, Oban, on 1 July 1880.[3] The station building was destroyed by fire on 16 November 1898.[6]

The red sandstone building and signal box are a Category C listed building as being a 'well detailed example of a small through station in the area'.[4]

Facilities

Facilities at the station are very basic, comprising just benches on both platforms, a help point and a small car park. There is step-free access to the station, but the only access to platform 2 is via a Barrow Crossing.[7] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

Passenger volume

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The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

There are six departures in each direction Mondays to Saturdays, eastbound to Glasgow Queen Street and westbound to Oban. On weekdays only, an additional train to Oban operates in the late afternoon. On Sundays, there are three departures each way throughout the year, plus a fourth in the summer months only. The additional service runs to and from Edinburgh Waverley, rather than Glasgow.[9][10]

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References

  1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. Butt (1995)
  4. Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. pp. 87, 88. ISBN 978 1909431 26 3.
  5. Thomas (1990), page 194
  6. "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  7. "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  8. eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 218
  9. eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 218

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