Tulloch railway station

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Tulloch

Scottish Gaelic: Tulaich [1]
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Tulloch station, looking east (towards Glasgow)
General information
Location Tulloch, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates 56°53′03″N4°42′04″W / 56.8841°N 4.7012°W / 56.8841; -4.7012
Grid reference NN354802
Managed by ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeTUL [2]
History
Original company West Highland Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping LNER
Key dates
7 August 1894Opened as Inverlair
1 January 1895Renamed as Tulloch
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 2,148

The signal box, which had 15 levers, was situated on the Up platform. From the time of its opening in 1894, the West Highland Railway was worked throughout by the electric token system. The semaphore signals were removed on 23 February 1986 in preparation for the introduction of Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB) by British Rail.

The RETB system was commissioned between Upper Tyndrum and Fort William Junction on 29 May 1988. This resulted in the closure of Tulloch signal box and others on that part of the line. The RETB is controlled from a Signalling Centre at Banavie railway station.

The Train Protection & Warning System was installed in 2003.

Facilities

The facilities here are incredibly basic, consisting of benches on both platforms, and a car park adjacent to platform 1. Both platforms have step-free access, but the only access to platform 2 is via a barrow crossing. [7] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

Passenger volume

With 266 entries and exits in the 2020/21 period, Tulloch is the least busy station in Scotland with direct London services, and the least busy station along the line from Glasgow Queen Street to Fort William. [8] [ better source needed ]

Passenger Volume at Tulloch [9]
2002-032004-052005-062006-072007-082008-092009-102010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-21
Entries and exits2,8392,0832,1222,3142,3652,3942,0522,2162,1362,1242,0461,9981,8041,6161,7742,1481,770266

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

Monday to Saturday, Tulloch has three northbound services to Mallaig and one service to Fort William (the Highland Caledonian Sleeper). Southbound, there are three services to Glasgow Queen Street and one service to London Euston (except Saturday nights). On Sundays, there are two services northbound to Mallaig, two services southbound to Glasgow Queen Street, and the Caledonian Sleeper to London Euston. The sleeper also carries seated coaches and can thus be used by regular travellers to both Glasgow and Edinburgh Waverley. [10] [11] [12]

Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Corrour   ScotRail
West Highland Line 		  Roy Bridge
  Caledonian Sleeper
Highland Caledonian Sleeper 		 
  Historical railways  
Fersit Halt
Line open; station closed		  North British Railway
West Highland Railway
  Roy Bridge
Line and station open

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References

  1. ↑ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ↑ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ↑ Quick 2022, p. 454.
  4. ↑ "Tulloch station on OS Six-inch map Inverness-shire - Mainland Sheet CXLII (includes: Kilmonivaig)". National Library of Scotland. 1904. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  5. ↑ Tulloch Station Lodge
  6. ↑ McRae 1997, p. 11.
  7. ↑ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  10. ↑ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 218
  11. ↑ eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 218
  12. ↑ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 220

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