Arrochar and Tarbet railway station
Arrochar & Tarbet ![]() |
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Scottish Gaelic: An t-Archar & An Tairbeart | |
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Place | Arrochar & Tarbet |
Local authority | Argyll and Bute |
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Grid reference | NN311045 |
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Station code | ART |
Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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Annual rail passenger usage* | |
2004/05 | 7,998 |
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History | |
Original company | West Highland Railway |
Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
Post-grouping | LNER |
7 August 1894 | Opened[1] |
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Arrochar & Tarbet from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Arrochar and Tarbet railway station is a railway station on the West Highland Line in Scotland. It stands between the villages of Arrochar and Tarbet.
History
Opened to passengers on 7 August 1894 by the West Highland Railway, then run by the North British Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by ScotRail until the Privatisation of British Rail.
The station was laid out with a crossing loop and an island platform. The sidings on the east side of the station were used for loading timber until December 2008 when the carriage of Scottish timber by rail ceased in connection with the recession. As of June 2015, there is still no sign of the service being reinstated.
When the platform was extended southwards, the redundant signal box was relocated slightly further north for use as a waiting room. In 2000, a replica of the signal box was built in the centre of the island platform, after the station building had to be demolished due to subsidence.
Signalling
From the time of its opening in 1894, the West Highland Railway was worked throughout by the electric token system. Arrochar & Tarbet signal box, which had 17 levers, was situated on the island platform.
The semaphore signals were removed on 19 January 1986 in preparation for the introduction of Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB) by British Rail. The RETB, which is controlled from a Signalling Centre at Banavie railway station, was commissioned between Helensburgh Upper and Upper Tyndrum on 27 March 1988.
After the signal box closed, the lever frame was removed for re-use on the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway.
The Train Protection & Warning System was installed in 2003.
Services
Mondays to Saturdays, there are three services to Oban and Mallaig and one service to Fort William (Highland Caledonian Sleeper) northbound. Southbound, there are four services to Glasgow Queen Street (three on Saturdays) and one service to London Euston (Highland Caledonian Sleeper does not run on Saturday). On Sundays, there is just one train northbound to Oban and Mallaig and two trains southbound to Glasgow Queen Street and London Euston.
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Following station | ||
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Garelochhead | Abellio ScotRail West Highland Line |
Ardlui | ||
Garelochhead | Caledonian Sleeper Highland Caledonian Sleeper |
Ardlui | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Glen Douglas Line open; Station closed |
West Highland Railway North British Railway |
Ardlui Line and Station open |
References
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Notes
- ↑ Butt (1995), page 19
Sources
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