Garelochhead railway station

Garelochhead

Scottish Gaelic: Ceann a' Gheàrrloch[1]
National Rail
View north towards Arrochar & Tarbet
General information
LocationGarelochhead, Argyll and Bute
Scotland
Coordinates56°04′48″N 4°49′31″W / 56.0801°N 4.8254°W / 56.0801; -4.8254
Grid referenceNS242910
Managed byScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeGCH[2]
History
Original companyWest Highland Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
7 August 1894Opened
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 8,818
2019/20Decrease 8,594
2020/21Decrease 1,678
2021/22Increase 8,478
2022/23Increase 10,030
Listed Building – Category B
Designated8 July 1988
Reference no.LB19490[3]
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Garelochhead railway station (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann a' Gheàrrloch) is a railway station serving the village of Garelochhead, on the Gare Loch, in Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line and is a boundary station for SPT. It is sited 8 miles 76 chains (14.4 km) from Craigendoran Junction, near Helensburgh, between Arrochar and Tarbet and Helensburgh Upper.[4] ScotRail manage the station and operate most services, with others provided by Caledonian Sleeper.

  1. ^ Brailsford (2017), Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "GARELOCHHEAD STATION INCLUDING SIGNAL BOX, SUBWAY, GATES AND RAILINGS (LB19490)". Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  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. 83, 88. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.