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 The station in May 2019 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Ben Cruachan, Argyll and Bute Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 56°23′38″N 5°06′46″W / 56.3940°N 5.1128°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NN079267 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | FOC[2] | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Callander and Oban Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Callander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 October 1893 | Opened | ||||
| 1 November 1965 | Closed | ||||
| 20 June 1988 | Re-opened | ||||
| 25 October 2020 | Closed (temporarily) | ||||
| 17 May 2021 | Re-opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  538 | ||||
| 2019/20 |  626 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 134 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 492 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 888 | ||||
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Falls of Cruachan railway station is a railway station located at the foot of Ben Cruachan in Scotland. This station is on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line, originally part of the Callander and Oban Railway. It is sited between Taynuilt and Loch Awe, sited 52 miles 69 chains (85.1 km) from Callander via Glen Ogle.[3] ScotRail manage the station and operate all services.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ 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. 87, 88. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.