Place Dalmally Station code DAL 2011/12 3,604 | Grid reference NN159272 Managed by Abellio ScotRail 2012/13 4,534 Number of platforms 2 | |
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Address Dalmally PA33 1AA, United Kingdom Original company Callander and Oban Railway Similar Loch Awe railway station, Taynuilt railway station, Connel Ferry railway st, Tyndrum Lower railway st, Oban railway station | ||
Dalmally railway station scotland
Dalmally railway station is a railway station serving the village of Dalmally, near Loch Awe in Scotland. This station is on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line, originally part of the Callander and Oban Railway.
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History
This station opened on 1 April 1877. For a while, it was the western extremity of the Callander and Oban Railway, until the line finally reached its ultimate destination, Oban, on 1 July 1880.
The station was laid out with two platforms, one on either side of a passing loop. It once boasted a small engine shed and a turntable on the south side.
The station building was destroyed by fire on 16 November 1898.
Signalling
Dalmally signal box, which replaced the original box on 17 June 1896, was located on the Up platform. It contained 24 levers.
Dalmally lost all its semaphore signals on 9 February 1986, in preparation for Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB) signalling. RETB was commissioned on 27 March 1988, resulting in the closure of Dalmally signal box, amongst others. Dalmally is an RETB token exchange point, but with 'long section tokens' being available between Tyndrum Lower and Taynuilt, it is not necessary for every train to exchange tokens there.
The Train Protection & Warning System was installed in 2003.
Services
There are six departures in each direction Mondays to Saturdays, eastbound to Glasgow Queen Street and westbound to Oban. On weekdays only, an additional out and back trip between here and Oban operates in the late afternoon. On Sundays, there are three departures each way throughout the year, plus a fourth in the summer months only. The additional service runs through from and to Edinburgh Waverley rather than Glasgow.