Falls of Cruachan railway station

Falls of Cruachan

Scottish Gaelic: Eas Chruachain[1]
National Rail
The station in May 2019
General information
LocationBen Cruachan, Argyll and Bute
Scotland
Coordinates56°23′38″N 5°06′46″W / 56.3940°N 5.1128°W / 56.3940; -5.1128
Grid referenceNN079267
Managed byScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeFOC[2]
History
Original companyCallander and Oban Railway
Pre-groupingCallander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway
Key dates
1 October 1893Opened
1 November 1965Closed
20 June 1988Re-opened
25 October 2020Closed (temporarily)
17 May 2021Re-opened
Passengers
2019/20Increase 626
2020/21Decrease 134
2021/22Increase 492
2022/23Increase 888
2023/24Increase 1,478
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

  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. ^ 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.