Dalwhinnie railway station

Dalwhinnie

Scottish Gaelic: Dail Chuinnidh[1]
National Rail
The footbridge and station buildings at Dalwhinnie
General information
LocationDalwhinnie, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates56°56′06″N 4°14′47″W / 56.9351°N 4.2463°W / 56.9351; -4.2463
Grid referenceNN634848
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeDLW[2]
History
Original companyInverness and Perth Junction Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
9 September 1863[3]Opened
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 3,368
2019/20Decrease 3,226
2020/21Decrease 614
2021/22Increase 1,960
2022/23Increase 2,832
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Dalwhinnie railway station is a railway station serving the village of Dalwhinnie, Highland, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Highland Main Line, 58 miles 47 chains (94.3 km) from Perth, between Blair Atholl and Newtonmore. There is a crossover at the south end of the station to allow trains to turn back if the line north to Newtonmore is closed.[4]

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ Butt 1995, p. 76.
  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. p. 94. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.