Bridge of Orchy railway station

Bridge of Orchy

Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid Urchaidh[1]
National Rail
General information
LocationBridge of Orchy, Argyll and Bute
Scotland
Coordinates56°30′58″N 4°45′51″W / 56.5162°N 4.7642°W / 56.5162; -4.7642
Grid referenceNN300394
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBRO[2]
History
Original companyWest Highland Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
7 August 1894Opened[3]
Passengers
2018/19Increase 6,490
2019/20Decrease 5,906
2020/21Decrease 986
2021/22Increase 4,126
2022/23Increase 5,390
Listed Building – Category B
Designated15 November 1979
Reference no.LB13072[4]
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Bridge of Orchy railway station is a railway station in the village of Bridge of Orchy in the west of Scotland. The station is on the West Highland Line, between Rannoch and Upper Tyndrum, 48 miles 68 chains (78.6 km) from Craigendoran Junction, near Helensburgh.[5] 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. ^ Quick 2022, p. 98.
  4. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "BRIDGE OF ORCHY STATION INCLUDING SIGNAL BOX, SUBWAY AND RAILINGS (LB13072)". Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  5. ^ 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. 88, 90. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.