Scenic route
West Highland Line to Oban
Glasgow → Oban · Scotland
The West Highland Line’s other arm: splitting at Crianlarich for Loch Awe, Kilchurn Castle’s ruin and the Hebrides ferry port of Oban.
- Distance
- 162 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 3 h 10 min
- Average speed
- 51 km/h
- Top speed
- 95 km/h

Stations
- 0 kmGlasgow Queen Street (High Level) +3
- 16 kmDalmuir +2
- 26 kmDumbarton Central +2
- 40 kmHelensburgh Upper +2
- 51 kmGarelochhead +2
- 68 kmArrochar and Tarbet +2
Show 4 more stations
- 81 kmArdlui +2
- 95 kmCrianlarich +2
- 103 kmTyndrum Lower
- 123 kmDalmally
- 127 kmLoch Awe
- 132 kmFalls of Cruachan
- 142 kmTaynuilt
- 152 kmConnel Ferry
- 162 kmOban
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1830562: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 6 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: ScotRail timetables, a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the West Highland Line to Oban?
The West Highland Line to Oban runs 162 km from Glasgow to Oban.
How long does the West Highland Line to Oban take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 3 h 10 min for the 162 km. That is an average of 51 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 95 km/h.
Who runs the West Highland Line to Oban?
ScotRail.
How old is the West Highland Line to Oban?
The line has been in service since 1880. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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