This line is partly open. The railway provides a service between Crianlarich and Oban. ScotRail provides a service on this line. The line ran between Callander and Glenoglehead Crossing (then called Killin station) until sufficient funds were found to extend it to Tyndrum. At Tyndrum there was a short continuation to lead mines. The next extension was to Dalmally. Finally enough money was raised to take the line on to Oban.
A branch took the company on to Ballachulish and other lines opened to Loch Tay and Comrie.
The line is signalled by RETB and controlled from Banavie, near Fort William. The line is notable for the Pass of Brander Stone Signals, an unusual set of semaphore signals which protect the line from rockfalls.
The line was a protege of the Caledonian Railway.
The remaining part of the line is supported by the Friends of the West Highland Lines who were formed in 1983 and have promoted the line ever since. The society publishes the excellent West Highland News Plus.
With the loss of the majority of the station buildings, the eastern half of the line and the Oban trainshed the line has lost much of its character. The scenery remains spectacular and Oban Pier retains its atmosphere as ferries, fishing boats, tour boats, bikes, cars, caravans and trucks for the Western Isles and foot passengers and tourists abound.
Much of the closed eastern half and the Ballachulish branch remain as footpaths.
This railway was built to connect the lowlands of Scotland, and the Central Belt, to the West Coast and its fisheries. Oban was already a port and this was to be enhanced by the arrival of the railway.
Of the open stations only Dalmally retains its station building, built in stone and with a glazed canopy. A signal box remains at Taynuilt. The distinctive timber station buildings of the line are gone.
Other highlights on the open line survive such as the Orchy Viaduct and the Pass of Brander Stone Signals.
/ /1850 | Scottish Central Railway New locomotive shed, Stirling Shed [CR], opened; stone built four road shed replacing timber shed. The shed was originally single ended with the tracks running to the north. The shed was used for freight locomotives and, later, the Callander and Oban Railway. |
22/06/1864 | Callander and Oban Railway First meeting of the Callander and Oban Railway Committee. |
05/07/1865 | Callander and Oban Railway Act receives Royal assent. |
01/09/1865 | Callander and Oban Railway Appointment of John Anderson as the company secretary. |
27/06/1866 | Callander and Oban Railway Contract for constructing the Callander to Glenoglehead section given to J McKay. |
/08/1868 | Callander and Oban Railway With the line partly complete coal traffic begins. Coal begins to be worked by the contractor from Callander to Lochearnhead [1st]. |
/ /1869 | Callander and Oban Railway Terms of the working of the line by the Caledonian Railway agreed. |
/ /1870 | Callander and Oban Railway Authorisation of Tyndrum [C&O] to Oban abandoned. |
01/06/1870 | Callander and Oban Railway Callander Dreadnought to Killin [1st] (Glenoglehead) opened. |
01/08/1873 | Callander and Oban Railway Killin [1st] to Tyndrum [1st] opened. |
/ /1874 | Callander and Oban Railway Tyndrum [CandO] to Oban, Oban Goods line and branch to Oban Harbour, authorised. |
01/04/1877 | Callander and Oban Railway Tyndrum [CandO] to Dalmally opened for goods traffic. |
01/05/1877 | Callander and Oban Railway Tyndrum [CandO] to Dalmally opened to passengers. A single road stone shed, Dalmally Shed, opened to the south of Dalmally station with a 48ft turntable. |
/ /1878 | Callander and Oban Railway New approach to Oban Bay with a seawall and Oban Pier and Oban station authorised. The planned branch to Oban Harbour is abandoned. |
/ /1880 | Callander and Oban Railway Dalmally Shed ceases to be a key shed when the line to Oban opens completely. |
12/06/1880 | Callander and Oban Railway Line opened from Dalmally to Oban for goods. |
30/06/1880 | Callander and Oban Railway Opening ceremony for whole Callander Dreadnought to Oban line. Banquet in Oban station. |
01/07/1880 | Callander and Oban Railway Line opened from Dalmally to Oban for passengers. The whole line is now open to passengers. Additionally Lochavullin Goods (Oban High Level Goods) opens. |
20/06/1881 | Callander and Oban Railway Steamers start running from Ach-na-Cloich up Loch Etive. |
27/06/1882 | Callander and Oban Railway Large fence built to detect boulders which roll onto the trackbed in the Pass of Brander authorised. |
/11/1882 | Glasgow and North Western Railway Glasgow and North Western Railway proposed, the Bill presented to Parliament to seek approval. The route was to have been a 167 mile long railway from Glasgow to Inverness via Fort William. Supported by the North British Railway and opposed by the Highland Railway, Caledonian Railway (part owners of the Callander and Oban Railway), Caledonian Canal, David MacBrayne and some landowners. The Bill was rejected in 1883. It was not built (a less ambitious variation of it, the West Highland Railway with an Act in 1889, did open). |
01/04/1886 | Callander and Oban Railway Killin [1st] station closed to public and becomes Glenoglehead crossing, having been replaced by Killin [2nd]. |
02/02/1889 | West Highland Railway A blizzard covers Rannoch Moor and the party have to work their way through deep drifting to reach Tyndrum [CandO] station on the Callander and Oban Railway. |
20/12/1894 | Callander and Oban Railway Spur from Crianlarich station (West Highland Railway) to Crianlarich Junction [CandO] opened. New passing loop at Crianlarich Junction [CandO] allows removal of up platform and loop at Crianlarich [CandO] station. |
07/08/1896 | Ballachulish Branch (Callander and Oban Railway) Callander and Oban Railway (Ballachulish Extension) Act passed. (Alternative date 1/4/1896). |
/ /1897 | Ballachulish Branch (Callander and Oban Railway) Authorisation of an extension further east to East Laroch, beside the Ballachulish Slate Quarries of East Laroch. |
/ /1897 | Callander and Oban Railway Expansion of Oban and Oban Pier authorised in connection with the opening of the Ballachulish Branch (Callander and Oban Railway). Alterations to sea wall authorised. |
20/12/1897 | West Highland Railway Connection to Callander and Oban Railway at Crianlarich, from Crianlarich Junction to Crianlarich Junction [CandO]. |
/ /1900 | Callander and Oban Railway Extension of time granted for expansion works at Oban. |
/ /1901 | Ballachulish Branch (Callander and Oban Railway) Pier at Leitir Mhor authorised. (This was Kentallen Pier alongside Kentallen station.) |
/ /1901 | Ballachulish Branch (Callander and Oban Railway) Callander and Oban Railway granted more time to complete line. |
/ /1901 | Callander and Oban Railway Electric lighting at Oban authorised. |
/ /1902 | Callander and Oban Railway Caledonian Railway authorised to take over and run the new exchange station on the Callander and Oban Railway, Balquhidder [2nd] (replacing Balquhidder [1st], formerly Lochearnhead [1st]). |
/ /1902 | Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie Railway Authorisation for diversion by at Lochearnhead [1st], by the Callander and Oban Railway, in connection with the opening of the Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie Railway. |
/ /1902 | Ballachulish Branch (Callander and Oban Railway) Extension of time for land purchase for the line and at Oban. |
04/03/1903 | Callander and Oban Railway Oban station enlargement authorised. |
24/08/1903 | Ballachulish Branch (Callander and Oban Railway) Line opened to passengers and goods. Stations opened at Benderloch, Creagan, Appin, Duror, Kentallen, Ballachulish Ferry, Ballachulish. For the opening Connel Ferry and Oban stations were rebuilt. Two large bridges were required Connel Ferry Bridge and Creagan Viaduct. |
07/03/1904 | Ballachulish Branch (Callander and Oban Railway) North Connel halt opened. |
01/07/1904 | Callander and Oban Railway Lochearnhead [1st] renamed Balquhidder [1st]. |
01/05/1905 | Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie Railway Line extended from Lochearnhead [2nd] to the then new Balquhidder [2nd] station on the Callander and Oban Railway. |
07/07/1905 | Callander and Oban Railway Introduction of C. & O. Hotel Express. |
/ /1906 | Callander and Oban Railway Water columns installed on the platforms at Balquhidder [2nd]. |
31/07/1907 | Callander and Oban Railway Retirement of John Anderson. |
/07/1908 | Callander and Oban Railway Falls of Cruachan Halt appears in timetable. |
/ /1909 | Ballachulish Branch (Callander and Oban Railway) Charabanc service introduced between Connel Ferry and Benderloch over the Connel Ferry Bridge. |
01/07/1909 | Callander and Oban Railway Charabanc operates over Connel Ferry Bridge; Benderloch and North Connel to Connel Ferry. |
02/06/1913 | Callander and Oban Railway Motor service introduced between Loch Awe and Inverary. |
/ /1914 | Ballachulish Branch (Callander and Oban Railway) Barcaldine Siding (a halt) opened. |
/ /1914 | Ballachulish Branch (Callander and Oban Railway) Railway company and council finally come to an agreement to allow cars, on payment of a toll, to cross the Connel Ferry Bridge when trains are not running. |
22/06/1914 | Callander and Oban Railway Connel Ferry Bridge altered for road vehicles and pedestrians. |
03/08/1914 | Callander and Oban Railway Maid of Morven observation car introduced. |
/02/1915 | Callander and Oban Railway Maid of Morven observation car withdrawn. |
/03/1919 | Callander and Oban Railway Maid of Morven observation car re-introduced. |
/ /1920 | Ballachulish Branch (Callander and Oban Railway) West Laroch Siding, serving the West Laroch Quarry, closed and lifted. |
01/01/1923 | Dundee and Newtyle Railway
Arbroath and Forfar Railway
Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway
Caledonian Railway
Glasgow and South Western Railway
Callander and Oban Railway
Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Highland Railway
Cathcart District Railway
Killin Railway
Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Committee
Brechin and Edzell District Railway
Dornoch Light Railway
Wick and Lybster Light Railway Grouped into London, Midland and Scottish Railway. |
/ /1927 | Ballachulish Branch (Callander and Oban Railway) Duror loop taken out. Creagan signal box closed, loop accessed via ground frames. |
/ /1930 | Callander and Oban Railway Dalmally Shed closed. |
/ /1938 | Callander and Oban Railway Dalmally Shed still standing, but demolished at some date afterwards. |
12/05/1962 | Callander and Oban Railway Caledonian Railway No 123 and North British Railway No 256 visit Oban. |
07/06/1965 | Callander and Oban Railway Closed to freight east of Crianlarich Lower. Freight traffic is re-routed via Crianlarich Upper. |
14/06/1965 | Ballachulish Branch (Callander and Oban Railway) Ballachulish (Glencoe) to Connel Ferry closed to freight. |
27/09/1965 | Callander and Oban Railway Landslide in Glen Ogle; line closed between Callander and Crianlarich. (Glen Ogle Rockfall). |
28/09/1965 | Callander and Oban Railway Due to the extent of the Glen Ogle Rockfall, Crianlarich Lower (excluded) to Callander closed to all traffic. |
01/11/1965 | Callander and Oban Railway Crianlarich Lower to Callander officially closed to passengers (the landslide closed the line on 28/09/65 and there was a replacement bus service until end). Following withdrawal of the bus service no public passenger service (bus or train) was available between Crianlarich and Killin [2nd]. |
26/03/1966 | Ballachulish Branch (Callander and Oban Railway) Line closed completely between Connel Ferry and Ballachulish (Glencoe). (Alternative date 1/3/1966). |
02/08/1981 | West Highland Railway
Callander and Oban Railway A Class 55 ^Deltic^ visits Oban for the first time (55021 ^Argyll and Sutherland Highlander^) on a ^Merrymaker^ excursion from Edinburgh Waverley to Oban. |
23/08/1981 | West Highland Railway
Callander and Oban Railway Second visit of ^Deltic^ 55021 to Oban on a ^Merrymaker^ excursion from Edinburgh Waverley. |
01/05/1985 | Callander and Oban Railway Loch Awe re-opened to passengers. |
23/01/1989 | Callander and Oban Railway Sprinters introduced on line. |
/08/2000 | Callander and Oban Railway Approval to convert Taynuilt station into a Heritage Centre. |
22/05/2006 | Callander and Oban Railway New timber terminal at Crianlarich Lower proposed by Argyll Timber Transport Group, English, Welsh and Scottish Railway, Network Rail and Kronospan, taking 6,500 trucks off the road annually. (Not opened.) |
The railway ran west from Callander before turning north and climbing in the Pass of Leny and then running on the west side of Loch Lubnaig to reach Strathyre. From Strathyre it continued past the Kingshouse Inn to reach Balquhidder.
From Balquhidder a steady and steep climb was needed up Glen Ogle to reach the original terminus at Glenoglehead (optimistically named Killin, some three miles away).
Beyond Glenoglehead the line dropped through Killin Junction, for the branch to Killin, and the line turned west to run through Glen Dochart to reach Luib and Crianlarich. Beyond Crianlarich the line climbs to reach Tyndrum, the second terminus.
After Tyndrum a summit is crossed and Glen Lochy followed to Dalmally, the third terminus.
From Dalmally the line passes the northern end of Loch Awe, with its striking Kilchurn Castle, and the hydro power station within the southern slopes of Ben Cruachan to reach the steep sided Pass of Brander. At Taynuilt the sea is reached, Loch Etive, and the line follows the southern short of the loch to reach Connel Ferry with its large former railway bridge crossing the Falls of Lora. The line turns inland passing through Glen Cruitten to swing round and approach Oban from the south. A steep drop to the natural harbour twists and turns giving sight of the sea ahead. The line finishes on the ferry pier.
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Single track passenger and goods line from Callander and Oban Junction to Glenoglehead. This opened in 1870, coaches extending the journey west until the line was extended. Closed following the Glen Ogle Rockfall in 1965.
This was the junction between the Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railway and the Callander and Oban Railway which extended it to Oban. Callander [1st] was left on a short branch being replaced by Callander (Dreadnought) further west. The signal box was to the north of the junction.
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This ticket platform was east of Callander (Dreadnought) station, a little west of the start of the double track section at Callander and Oban Junction. It opened when the line between the junction and Dreadnought station was doubled. It was a single platform on the south side of line (serving westbound trains arriving in Callander) and was built in timber with station signs reading simply ...
More detailsThe original 1870 station here had two platforms, a loop and a timber building. It replaced the original Callander [1st] terminus in the east of the town. This station was on the northern edge of the town.
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This bowstring girder viaduct was west of Callander (Dreadnought), the line crossing from the north bank to the south bank of the Garbh Uisge. The east end had a single plate girder approach.
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This bowstring viaduct crossed over the Garbh Uisge in the Pass of Leny. For an Oban bound (westbound) train it crossed from the south to the north bank. The location was alongside the Falls of Leny. The viaduct was completed in 1867 by John Mackay.
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This bowstring viaduct crossed over the Garbh Uisge in the Pass of Leny. For an Oban bound (westbound) train it crossed from the east to the west bank. The viaduct was completed in 1867 by John Mackay.
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This was a passing loop, added in 1893 due to the increase in traffic. Little remains to be seen of the loop, the line itself is now a dirt road, except a bridge over a stream which clearly carried two tracks. John Anderson^s proposal to open a public station here was rejected by the landowner.
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This platform was for the use of railway staff and their families. It was a single platform built in timber alongside Rock Cottage. The platform was on the west side of the line.
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Early in the history of the Callander and Oban Railway trains could halt at the north end of Loch Lubnaig for fishermen. There were probably no facilities and the location is uncertain. ...
More detailsThis single track girder viaduct was to the south Strathyre station, crossing the River Balvag a little north of Loch Lubnaig.
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This was a two platform station with a loop. It was originally a single platform station, possibly doubled not long after opening. The station was noted for the ornate stork fountain of Cruachan granite, the choice of the stationmaster as a reward for many years of service. After station closure this was moved to the garden of a house in the village.
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This was a request halt serving the nearby Kingshouse Hotel (just to the east) and road to Balquhidder Glen (to the west). The halt was built at the expense of the Kingshouse Hotel.
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This was a three platform station where the Callander and Oban Railway met the branch east to St Fillans and Comrie. It replaced Balquhidder [1st].
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The original station here had a single platform with a timber building on a curve and a goods yard. The yard was to the north of the station, on the east side of the line.
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This single track three arch masonry viaduct carried the Callander and Oban Railway over the Kendrum Burn west of Edinchip House. The viaduct was completed in 1869 by John Mackay.
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This ^B^ listed cast iron accommodation footbridge with a wooden deck crosses the trackbed of the former Callander and Oban Railway just north of Edinchip Viaduct [C and O] and west of Edinchip House.
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A landslide which had occurred in the very early hours of the morning in Glen Ogle was discovered on Monday the 27th of September 1965. The site was south of the Glen Ogle Viaduct on a section where rockfalls had occurred many times over the life of the railway. Trains that day were cancelled and redirected.
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This is a disused 12 arch, 139 ft long overall, 44 ft high single track masonry viaduct in Glen Ogle running along the steep eastern hillside of Meall Reamhar and Scorrach Nuadh. It may just about have been possible for the line to have followed the hillside but would have involved very tight curves. The viaduct flies out from the hillside and then rejoins it. To the immediate south is a three ...
More detailsThis was the original terminus of the Callander and Oban Railway and located somewhat far away (3.5 miles by road) from its namesake the town of Killin which required a connecting stagecoach. Stagecoaches also continued the journey to other points west such as Tyndrum and Oban.
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Single track passenger and goods line from Glenoglehead to Tyndrum [1st]. This extension opened in 1873. Coaches extended the line west and even south, connecting with steamers. The eastern portion of this line closed in 1965 after the Glen Ogle Rockfall.
This was the original terminus of the Callander and Oban Railway and located somewhat far away (3.5 miles by road) from its namesake the town of Killin which required a connecting stagecoach. Stagecoaches also continued the journey to other points west such as Tyndrum and Oban.
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This was a three platform station with two platforms and a loop on the mainline, the up platform being an island the outer face of which chiefly served the Killin Railway and had a loop. Trains from the main line could access the branch platform line and loop from either end.
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This is a disused masonry single track three arch viaduct just west of the former Killin Junction station crossing the Ardchyle Burn. The burn is very much lower than the surrounding ground making this a viaduct which is about the same height as it is in length.
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This is an out of use single track three arch viaduct above Ledcharrie Farm which is to the north. The arches are reinforced with rails.
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This was a single girder bridge above Edravinoch Farm, which is to the north. The former bridge is east of the former Luib station and west of Ledcharrie Viaduct.
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This was a two platform station. The main station building was on the eastbound platform, the building being of the typical style of the extension of the Callander and Oban Railway from Glenoglehead to Tyndrum [1st].
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This was a two platform station. The station building on the down platform was a typical later Callander and Oban Railway timber building but with a canopy along the length of the building.
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This junction remains open - just. A short somewhat grassy siding runs east.
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Crianlarich Junction [CandO] had an elaborate layout. The Callander and Oban Railway was doubled from west of the junction through the junction and further east, and the West Highland Railway was also double on approach to the junction.
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This three arch single track masonry viaduct crosses a minor burn. It was completed in 1872 by Easton Gibb.
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This single track four arch viaduct, crossing the River Cononish, is between Crianlarich and Tyndrum Lower on the 1873 extension of the line from Killin [1st] to Tyndrum [1st].
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[This location name is somewhat artificial.] In 1877 the railway was extended west to Dalmally via a replacement Tyndrum station (now called Tyndrum Lower) and the original Tyndrum [1st] station became a goods yard and its signal box [1st box] closed. A new box was provided for the goods and passenger station [2nd box].
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This was the terminus at Tyndrum of the extension of the Callander and Oban Railway west from Killin [1st].
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Single track passenger and goods line from Tyndrum Goods Ground Frame to Dalmally. This extension left the original Tyndrum station on a short branch, the original became a goods yard. The extension opened in 1877 and remains opened today.
[This location name is somewhat artificial.] In 1877 the railway was extended west to Dalmally via a replacement Tyndrum station (now called Tyndrum Lower) and the original Tyndrum [1st] station became a goods yard and its signal box [1st box] closed. A new box was provided for the goods and passenger station [2nd box].
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This is a single platform station. The platform is on the north side of the running line. There is a car park at the west end and an occupational crossing. The station is south of Tyndrum, a small settlement at the west end of Strath Fillan.
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This summit, of 840 ft, is west of Tyndrum Lower on the Oban portion of the West Highland Line, formerly the Callander and Oban Railway.
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This was a passing loop opened in 1882 to increase capacity of the line. It broke the single track section between Tyndrum Lower and Dalmally.
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This is a single track six arch masonry viaduct crossing the Eas a^ Ghaill (tributary to the River Lochy) and two estate roads. It was finished in November 1876 by Mrs Dinnie, wife of the builder, setting the keystone at a ceremony. Invited guests arrived by train, the location could be considered a very short lived station which predates Dalmally!
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This is a two platform station. The main station building is on the eastbound (up) platform and is a red stone built two storey house with single storey offices. Gables are crow-stepped. The building is fitted with a full length glass canopy over the platform. The very fine building is due to the use of the station by the Duke of Argyll. The original timber station building burned down in ...
More detailsSingle track passenger and goods line from Dalmally to Oban. This line opened in 1880 completing the main line of the Callander and Oban. Use of mass concrete was made and the line finished at a superb seaside station where connections to steamers could be made. A general goods yard was at a higher level in the town. The line remains open.
This is a two platform station. The main station building is on the eastbound (up) platform and is a red stone built two storey house with single storey offices. Gables are crow-stepped. The building is fitted with a full length glass canopy over the platform. The very fine building is due to the use of the station by the Duke of Argyll. The original timber station building burned down in ...
More detailsThis level crossing provides road access to Kilchurn Castle. The road is a dirt road crossing the line just east of the Orchy Viaduct.
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This is a seven single track span girder viaduct crossing the River Orchy. It is the longest viaduct on the Callander and Oban Railway route.
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This was the junction for the Ben Cruachan Granite Quarries. The branch opened in 1885, five years after the main line. Trains from the branch ran on to Loch Awe to use the goods yard there as exchange sidings. The junction was released using the tablet for the Loch Awe to Dalmally section on which the junction lay. The junction closed in 1916.
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This is a single platform station alongside the north east shore of Loch Awe [Loch] with a footbridge over the line giving access to a pier, Loch Awe Pier. Only the former eastbound platform remains in use. High above is the Loch Awe Hotel which may be reached by a staircase up a cliff.
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This is a small single platform near the Falls of Cruachan and Cruachan Hydro Electric Scheme visitor^s centre.
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This is a single track three arch mass concrete viaduct with castellated parapets. It crosses at the Falls of Cruachan where the Allt Cruachan drops into Loch Awe, just west of Falls of Cruachan station.
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This was a passing loop on the single track Callander and Oban Railway. The loop broke the section between Taynuilt, to the west, and Loch Awe to the east. Prior to the loop the single track length was 9.1 miles, broken into 4.5 miles to the west and 4.6 miles to the east).
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A series of 17 stone signals over a length of 3.2 miles are controlled by a rock screen uphill from the railway. The hillside above, the lower slope of Ben Cruachan, is sheer and rockfalls are not uncommon. The hillside drops to Loch Awe to the south. The portion of protected railway is on the north bank of loch and includes Falls of Cruachan station and the site of the former [[Awe ...
More detailsThis is a high single track three span girder viaduct over the River Awe. The piers are masonry. The viaduct was completed in 1879 by W & T Adams.
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Half a mile east of Taynuilt station this single track girder viaduct crosses the River Nant. It was completed in 1879 by W & T Adams.
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This is a two platform station which retains its 1921 signal box. There is a small car park. The station has a passing loop and sidings. It opened on the 1880 extension of the Callander and Oban Railway from Dalmally to Oban.
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This was a single platform station with a station building. The building was a smaller style C&O building. The platform was on the north side of the line.
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This is a single platform station with a shelter. There is a car park on the north side of the station. At the east end of the station is a goods loop and oil siding (both out of use). The station was once far larger and a junction.
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This was an extensive set of Wartime sidings laid out at Connel Ferry station in 1940 for the Admiralty. The sidings ran south east from the west end of the station, making a trailing connection by the west box.
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This crossing was opened to break the single track section between Oban and Connel Ferry at Glencruitten Summit.
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Oban Goods Junction was south of Oban station and provided access to Oban^s principal goods yard, Lochavullin Goods, and locomotive shed Oban Shed. Both opened with the Oban extension in 1880.
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This two road shed was south of Oban station and accessed from the junction for the Lochavullin Goods at Oban Goods Junction. Access to the goods yard was from the south and a reversal was necessary to reach the shed.
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A closed goods yard south of the passenger terminus in Oban. The location is also known as Oban Goods or Oban High Level Goods. There were a number of sidings here and the Oban Shed, of which the turntable pit remains. An oil siding remained in use here until the early 1990s.
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This ticket platform was on the west side of the line, the arrival line for Oban station, on the short double track section between Oban Goods Junction and Oban. It was a stone built platform with the signal box for the goods junction located at its southern end. The railway continued in a deep rock cutting north to drop down to Oban station and pier.
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This is a terminus at a ferry pier on Oban Bay. Oban is a major port for the islands with Caledonian MacBrayne operating services to Mull, Lismore and beyond.
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This pier is located in the south of Oban Bay, a large natural anchorage protected from the west by the island of Kerrera. It was opened in 1880 along with Oban station by the Callander and Oban Railway. With the opening of the extension from Dalmally and the pier the railway was able to connect with ferry services to the West Coast of Scotland and the fishing fleet. The opening ...
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