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Taynuilt railway station

Railway station in Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Field	Value
name	Taynuilt
native_name
symbol_location	gb
symbol	rail
image	Taynuilt station (geograph 7535369).jpg
borough	Taynuilt, Argyll and Bute
country	Scotland
coordinates
grid_name	Grid reference
grid_position
manager	ScotRail
platforms	2
code	TAY
original	Callander and Oban Railway
pregroup	Callander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway
years	1 July 1880
events	Opened
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2020/21	passengers= 35,054}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2021/22	passengers= 35,456}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2022/23	passengers= 42,026}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2023/24	passengers= 45,776}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2024/25	passengers= 38,888}}
footnotes	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Taynuilt railway station is a railway station serving the village of Taynuilt in western Scotland. This station is on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line, originally part of the Callander and Oban Railway, between Falls of Cruachan and Connel Ferry, sited 58 mi from Callander via Glen Ogle. ScotRail manage the station and operate all services.

History

Taynuilt station opened on 1 July 1880, when the Callander and Oban Railway was extended from Dalmally to Oban.

The station is laid out with two platforms, one on either side of a crossing loop. There are two sidings on the south side of the station.

On 11 January 1987, the crossing loop was altered to right-hand running. The original Down platform has thus become the Up platform, and vice versa. The change was made in order to simplify shunting at this station, by removing the need to hand-pump the train-operated loop points to access the sidings.

Facilities

Facilities at the station are basic, consisting of shelters on both platforms, a bench on platform 2, bike racks and ca car park adjacent to platform 1 and a help point on the wall of the old signal box. All of the station has step-free access. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

Passenger volume

The increase in station usage recorded in the 2020/21 Office of Rail and Road statistics, at a time when passenger numbers across the UK fell drastically in the Covid-19 pandemic, was attributed to the introduction of school services on the Oban line.

2002-03	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Entries and exits	7,537	11,334	9,873	10,005	9,925	10,268	11,364	11,802	11,940	12,980	12,660	21,968	22,226	21,916	24,788	22,472	18,416	35,054

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

There are 6 departures in each direction on weekdays and Saturdays, with trains heading eastbound to and westbound to . On weekdays only, an additional service in each direction between and Oban calls here in the late afternoon. On Sundays, there are 3 departures each way throughout the year, but there is a fourth in the summer from late June–August which runs from Edinburgh Waverley to Oban and back.

or West Highland Line Line open; station closed Line and station open Operated by Caledonian Railway

References

Bibliography

References

Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 445
(2017). "TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain". Platform 5 Publishing Ltd.
(1989). "A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 15: North of Scotland". David & Charles (Publishers).
"National Rail Enquiries -".
"Estimates of station usage {{!}} ORR Data Portal".
eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 218
eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 218

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