Oban railway station

Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Use dmy dates Template:Use British EnglishTemplate:Template otherOban railway station is a railway station serving Oban in Scotland. It is the terminus of one branch of the highly scenic West Highland Line, sited from Callander, via Glen Ogle. It was originally the terminus of the Callander and Oban Railway. All services are operated by ScotRail, who also manage the station.

Oban station provides interchange with the adjacent ferry terminal, offering connections to a number of destinations in the Inner and Outer Hebrides via ferry services operated by Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac). Oban is CalMac's busiest ferry terminal.

History

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Oban station in 1948

Oban station opened on 30 June 1880 as the terminus of the Callander and Oban Railway,Template:Sfn which joined the present railway at Crianlarich, and which was absorbed into the LMS Railway in 1922. Two additional platforms were constructed on the west side of the station in 1904, following the opening of the branch from Connel Ferry to Ballachulish. The route from Dunblane and Callander to Crianlarich closed in 1965, as well as the Ballachulish line. Formerly, a branch to Ballachulish railway station diverged just east of Connel Ferry railway station. A triangular junction was planned at Connel, but never completed.

Facilities

The station is well-equipped with a ticket office, toilets, a help point, a car park, bike racks and a pay phone. All of the station has step-free access.

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Oban

	2002–03	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23
Entries and exits	101,553	113,830	110,000	109,053	108,903	126,676	119,876	121,746	125,900	122,568	129,311	170,682	176,104	164,332	181,172	177,522	169,174	89,004	154,970	186,138

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April

Services

On Monday to Fridays, there are six trains per day to Glasgow Queen Street, plus an additional afternoon service that runs only as far as Dalmally, primarily for schools traffic. On Saturdays, the service is very similar to that on weekdays, with the exception of the Dalmally train, which does not run. On Sundays there are four trains per day to Glasgow Queen Street all year round.

Preceding station	National Rail National Rail			Following station
Connel Ferry	style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	ScotRail West Highland Line	style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Terminus
	Historical railways
Connel Ferry Line and station open		Callander and Oban Railway Caledonian Railway		Terminus

Oban Ferry Terminal

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The ferry terminal next to the station

Template:CalMac Oban ferries Oban station is located next to Oban ferry terminal. Caledonian MacBrayne ferries sail daily from here to the islands of Lismore, Colonsay, Coll, Tiree, to Craignure on Mull, to Castlebay on Barra and to Lochboisdale (winter only) on South Uist. Ferries also operate to Mallaig. The times of connecting trains to/from Glasgow Queen Street are included on CalMac timetables.

Preceding station	National Rail National Rail			Following station
Scalasaig	style="background:#Template:CalMac color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Caledonian MacBrayne Oban – Colonsay	style="background:#Template:CalMac color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Terminus
Craignure	style="background:#Template:CalMac color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Caledonian MacBrayne Oban – Mull	style="background:#Template:CalMac color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Terminus
Achnacroish	style="background:#Template:CalMac color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Caledonian MacBrayne Oban – Lismore	style="background:#Template:CalMac color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Terminus
Scarinish		<div style="height:8px; background-color:#; color:inherit; border:none; margin:0 -5px -2px;">		Terminus
Arinagour
Castlebay	style="background:#Template:CalMac color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Caledonian MacBrayne Oban – Barra	style="background:#Template:CalMac color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Terminus
Lochboisdale	style="background:#Template:CalMac color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Caledonian MacBrayne Oban – South Uist (winter only)	style="background:#Template:CalMac color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Terminus

External links

• Video footage of the station on YouTube