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| General information | |||||
| Location | Oban, Argyll and Bute Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 56°24′44″N 5°28′30″W / 56.4121°N 5.4749°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NM857298 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 (numbered 3 & 4) | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | OBN[2] | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Callander and Oban Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Callander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway | ||||
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| 30 June 1880 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  0.178 million | ||||
| 2019/20 | 0.169 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 89,004 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.155 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.186 million | ||||
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Oban railway station is a railway station serving Oban in Scotland. It is the terminus of one branch of the highly scenic West Highland Line, sited 71 miles 44 chains (115.1 km) from Callander, via Glen Ogle.[3] It was originally the terminus of the Callander and Oban Railway. All services are operated by ScotRail, who also manage the station.
Oban station provides interchange with the adjacent ferry terminal, offering connections to a number of destinations in the Inner and Outer Hebrides via ferry services operated by Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac). Oban is CalMac's busiest ferry terminal.
- ^ 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. p. 87. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.