| Garelochhead | |||||||||
| Native Name: | gd|Ceann a' Gheàrrloch | ||||||||
| Symbol Location: | gb | ||||||||
| Symbol: | rail | ||||||||
| Borough: | Garelochhead, Argyll and Bute | ||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 56.0801°N -4.8254°W | ||||||||
| Grid Name: | Grid reference | ||||||||
| Manager: | ScotRail | ||||||||
| Platforms: | 2 | ||||||||
| Code: | GCH[1] | ||||||||
| Transit Authority: | SPT | ||||||||
| Original: | West Highland Railway | ||||||||
| Pregroup: | North British Railway | ||||||||
| Postgroup: | LNER | ||||||||
| Years: | 7 August 1894 | ||||||||
| Events: | Opened | ||||||||
| Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | ||||||||
| Embedded: |
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Garelochhead railway station (gd|Ceann a' Gheàrrloch) is a railway station serving the village of Garelochhead, on the Gare Loch, in Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line and is a boundary station for SPT. It is sited 8miles from Craigendoran Junction, near Helensburgh, between Arrochar and Tarbet and Helensburgh Upper.[2] ScotRail manage the station and operate most services, with others provided by Caledonian Sleeper.
This station opened to passengers on 7 August 1894.
The station was laid out with a crossing loop and an island platform. There were sidings on both sides, and a turntable on the west side of the line.[3]
The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1935 to 1939. A camping coach was also positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1964 to 1967.
Until the 1960s, the station was served by a local shuttle service between Craigendoran and in addition to main line trains to Fort William and Mallaig. Latterly operated by a Wickham diesel railbus, it fell victim to the Beeching Axe in June 1964.[4]
The island platform is equipped with benches, a help point, a car park and bike racks, the latter two located outside the station. The only access to the station is via a subway, some steps and a ramp, so the station does not have step-free access.[5] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
| Entries and exits | 3,868 | 4,824 | 5,940 | 5,269 | 5,156 | 5,374 | 4,706 | 5,040 | 5,122 | 5,682 | 5,256 | 6,920 | 7,806 | 8,556 | 9,796 | 8,818 | 8,594 | 1,678 | 8,478 | 10,030 |
Monday to Saturday, there are six services to Oban and three to Mallaig (the latter combined with Oban portions, dividing at), and one service to Fort William (the Highland Caledonian Sleeper, weekday mornings only) northbound. Southbound, there are six services to Glasgow Queen Street High Level and one service to London Euston via Queen Street Low Level & Edinburgh Waverley (the Highland Caledonian Sleeper - does not run on Saturday).
On Sundays, there are two trains northbound to Mallaig, the Caledonian Sleeper to Fort William and one extra to Oban only, plus an extra summer service to Oban; Southbound there are three trains southbound to Glasgow Queen Street. In summer months, the extra summer Sunday service returns to Edinburgh, avoiding Glasgow.[7] [8] [9]