Ardlui railway station

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Ardlui

Scottish Gaelic: Àird Laoigh [1]
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Ardlui railway station, shelter in old signal box, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, Scotland.jpg
Looking south towards Arrochar & Tarbet, with the old signal box in view
General information
Location Ardlui, Argyll and Bute
Scotland
Coordinates 56°18′07″N4°43′18″W / 56.3019°N 4.7217°W / 56.3019; -4.7217
Grid reference NN316155
Managed by ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeAUI [2]
History
Original company West Highland Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping LNER
Key dates
7 August 1894Opened [3]
Passengers
2019/20Decrease2.svg 3,982
Arrochar and Tarbet
Line and Station open
  West Highland Railway
North British Railway
  Glen Falloch Halt
Line open; Station closed

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  3. Butt (1995) page 17
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  8. McRae 1998, p. 28.
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  13. eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 218
  14. eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 218
  15. eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 220

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