Dalwhinnie railway station

Dalwhinnie National Rail
Scottish Gaelic: Dail Chuinnidh
Location
Place Dalwhinnie
Local authority Highland
Coordinates 56°56′06″N 4°14′47″W / 56.9351°N 4.2463°W / 56.9351; -4.2463Coordinates: 56°56′06″N 4°14′47″W / 56.9351°N 4.2463°W / 56.9351; -4.2463
Grid reference NN634848
Operations
Station code DLW
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03  2,066
2004/05 Decrease 1,619
2005/06 Increase 2,013
2006/07 Decrease 1,774
2007/08 Increase 1,975
2008/09 Increase 2,296
2009/10 Decrease 2,208
2010/11 Decrease 1,894
2011/12 Increase 1,984
2012/13 Increase 2,172
2013/14 Increase 2,472
History
Original company Inverness and Perth Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Highland Railway
Post-grouping LMS
9 September 1863[1] Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dalwhinnie from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Dalwhinnie railway station is a railway station serving the village of Dalwhinnie, Highland, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Highland Main Line.

History

The station opened in 1863. The station buildings were completed in 1864 by Joseph Mitchell & Company.[2]

Services

There is a number of trains to Inverness, Perth, Edinburgh and Glasgow, On Sundays, a small number of trains calls between Inverness and Edinburgh

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Blair Atholl   Abellio ScotRail
Highland Main Line
  Newtonmore
Blair Atholl   Caledonian Sleeper
Highland Caledonian Sleeper
  Newtonmore
Historical railways
Dalnaspidal
Line open; station closed
  Inverness and Perth Junction Railway   Newtonmore
Line and station open

References

Notes

  1. Butt 1995, p. 76.
  2. The Buildings of Scotland, Highland and Islands. John Gifford. Yale University Press. 1992. ISBN 0-300-09625-9

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