Tulloch railway station

Tulloch
An Tulach
View from Dun Dearg showing Tulloch station
Location
Place Tulloch
Local authority Highland
Operations
Station code TUL
Managed by First ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 * 2,083
2005/06 * 2,122
2006/07 * 2,314
2007/08 * 2,365
History
Original company West Highland Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping LNER
7 August 1894 Opened as Inverlair
1 January 1895 Renamed as Tulloch
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Tulloch from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Tulloch railway station is a rural railway station in the Highland region of Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line, 169 kilometres (105 mi) north of Glasgow Queen Street.

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History

The station was laid out with two platforms, one on either side of a crossing loop. There are sidings on the north side of the station. When the railway opened in 1894 the station was named Inverlair, after the nearby Inverlair Lodge.

The station buildings are now used as a hostel.[1]

Signalling

The signal box, which had 15 levers, was situated on the Up platform. From the time of its opening in 1894, the West Highland Railway was worked throughout by the electric token system.

The semaphore signals were removed on 23 February 1986 in preparation for the introduction of Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB).

The RETB system was commissioned between Upper Tyndrum and Fort William Junction on 29 May 1988. This resulted in the closure of Tulloch signal box and others on that part of the line. The RETB is controlled from a Signalling Centre at Banavie railway station.

The Train Protection & Warning System was installed in 2003.

Service

Mondays to Saturdays, three trains a day go southbound to Glasgow Queen Street and northbound to Fort William and onwards to Mallaig. On Sundays, one or two trains a day dependent on the season go in each direction.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Corrour   First ScotRail
West Highland Line
  Roy Bridge
Historical railways
Fersit
Line open; station closed
  North British Railway

West Highland Railway

  Roy Bridge
Line and station open

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