Connel Ferry railway station

Connel Ferry

Scottish Gaelic: Aiseag na Coingheil[1]
National Rail
General information
LocationConnel, Argyll and Bute
Scotland
Coordinates56°27′09″N 5°23′00″W / 56.4524°N 5.3834°W / 56.4524; -5.3834
Grid referenceNM916340
Managed byScotRail
Line(s)West Highland Line
Ballachulish branch line
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeCON[2]
History
Original companyCallander and Oban Railway
Pre-groupingCallander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway
Key dates
1 July 1880[3]Opened
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 6,996
2019/20Increase 7,220
2020/21Increase 14,552
2021/22Increase 15,630
2022/23Increase 18,620
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Connel Ferry railway station is a railway station serving the village of Connel in western Scotland. This station is on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line, originally part of the Callander and Oban Railway, between Oban and Taynuilt, sited 65 miles 30 chains (105.2 km) from Callander via Glen Ogle.[4][page needed] All services are operated by ScotRail, who also manage the station.

  1. ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  2. ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 142
  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. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.