Ardlui Railway Station

Ardlui railway station is a remote rural railway station, serving Ardlui at the north end of Loch Lomond, in Scotland. The station is 82 km (51 miles) north of Glasgow Queen Street on the West Highland Line.

History

This station opened to passengers on 7 August 1894.

The station was laid out with a crossing loop and an island platform. There are three sidings on the east side of the station.

On 8 February 1987, the crossing loop was altered to right-hand running. The original Down platform has thus become the Up platform, and vice versa. The change was made in order to simplify shunting at this station, by removing the need to hand-pump the train-operated loop points to access the sidings.

Signalling

From the time of its opening in 1894, the West Highland Railway was worked throughout by the electric token system. Ardlui signal box was situated on the island platform.

The semaphore signals were removed on 12 January 1986 in preparation for the introduction of Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB). The RETB, which is controlled from a Signalling Centre at Banavie railway station, was commissioned between Helensburgh Upper and Upper Tyndrum on 27 March 1988.

The Train Protection & Warning System was installed in 2003.

Services

There is an infrequent service daily southbound to Glasgow Queen Street and northbound to Mallaig or Oban.

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