- Glenfinnan railway station
Infobox UK station
name = Glenfinnan
other_name = Gleann Fhionnainn
code = GLF
caption = Facing west along the Down platform at Glenfinnan, showing railway station and museum entrance, November 2004
manager =First ScotRail
locale =Glenfinnan
borough = Highland
latitude = 56.872
longitude = -5.450
platforms = 2
lowusage0203 = 3,667
lowusage0405 = 3,853
lowusage0506 = 4,584
lowusage0607 = 5,420
original =Mallaig Extension Railway ofWest Highland Railway
pregroup =North British Railway
postgroup = LNER
years =1 April 1901
events = Station openedButt (1995), page 104]
years1 =
events1 =|Glenfinnan railway station is a
railway station serving the village ofGlenfinnan in the Highland region ofScotland . This station is on theWest Highland Line .Glenfinnan Viaduct is about one kilometre to the east of the station.History
Glenfinnan station opened on
1 April 1901 . The station was laid out with two platforms, one on either side of acrossing loop . There are sidings on the south side of the station.The station was extensively refurbished in the summer of 2007.
Services
Glenfinnan is visited by Jacobite steam trains in summer, as well as regular trains throughout the year.
rail line
previous = Locheilside
next = Lochailort
route =First ScotRail West Highland Line
col = FF80C0rail line
previous = Fort William
next = Arisaig
route =West Coast Railway Company
"The Jacobite"
May-October
col = 800000rail line
previous = Locheilside
Line and Station open
next = Lochailort
Line and Station open
route =North British Railway NBR light">
Mallaig Extension Railway ofWest Highland Railway
col = NBR colour
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= Signalling =From the time of its opening in 1901, the
Mallaig Extension Railway was worked throughout by the electric token system. Glenfinnansignal box , which had 15 levers, was situated at the east end of the Down platform, on the south side of the line.On
13 November 1983 , the method of working from Glenfinnan toMallaig became "One Train Working" (with train staff). Electric token block was reinstated toArisaig on29 April 1984 , but One Train Working continued to be used on occasions when Arisaig token station was switched out. The Arisaig - Mallaig train staff would then be padlocked to the Glenfinnan - Arisaig key token.Glenfinnan lost all its semaphore signals on
13 April 1986 , in preparation forRadio Electronic Token Block (RETB) signalling. The RETB was commissioned between Mallaig Junction (now called 'Fort William Junction') and Mallaig on6 December 1987 . This resulted in the closure of Glenfinnan signal box (amongst others). The RETB is controlled from a Signalling Centre atBanavie railway station .The
Train Protection & Warning System was installed in 2003.Museum
A railway museum is located in the station building, on the Down platform.
References
Notes
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* [http://www.railscot.co.uk/Mallaig_Extension_Railway/frame.htm RAILSCOT on Mallaig Extension Railway]
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