Dalmally railway station

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Dalmally

Dail Mhàilidh

Location

Place

Dalmally

Local authority

Argyll and Bute

Operations

Station code

DAL

Managed by

First ScotRail

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

3,947

2005/06 *

4,283

History

Key dates

Opened 1 April 1877

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dalmally from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Dalmally railway station is a railway station serving the village of Dalmally, near Loch Awe in Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line.

[edit] 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 had once boasted a small engine shed and a turntable on the south side.

The station building was destroyed by fire on 16 November 1898.

[edit] 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.

[edit] External links

Train times and station information for Dalmally railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		Following station
Tyndrum Lower	First ScotRail West Highland Line	Loch Awe
Historical Railways
Tyndrum Lower Line and Station open	Callander and Oban Railway	Loch Awe Line and Station open