Glenfinnan railway station

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 of West 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 of Glenfinnan in the Highland region of Scotland. This station is on the West 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 a crossing 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 = FF80C0
rail line
previous = Fort William
next = Arisaig
route = West Coast Railway Company
"The Jacobite"
May-October

col = 800000
rail line
previous = Locheilside
Line and Station open
next = Lochailort
Line and Station open
route = North British Railway

Mallaig Extension Railway of West 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. Glenfinnan signal 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 to Mallaig became "One Train Working" (with train staff). Electric token block was reinstated to Arisaig on 29 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 for Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB) signalling. The RETB was commissioned between Mallaig Junction (now called 'Fort William Junction') and Mallaig on 6 December 1987. This resulted in the closure of Glenfinnan signal box (amongst others). The RETB is controlled from a Signalling Centre at Banavie 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

Sources

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* [http://www.railscot.co.uk/Mallaig_Extension_Railway/frame.htm RAILSCOT on Mallaig Extension Railway]


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