West Highland Line — Oban

The West Highland Line’s other arm: splitting at Crianlarich for Loch Awe, Kilchurn Castle’s ruin and the Hebrides ferry port of Oban.

Stations

1. 0 kmGlasgow Queen Street (High Level)
2. 16 kmDalmuir
3. 26 kmDumbarton Central
4. 40 kmHelensburgh Upper
5. 51 kmGarelochhead
6. 68 kmArrochar and Tarbet
7. Show 4 more stations

   1. 81 kmArdlui
   2. 95 kmCrianlarich
   3. 103 kmTyndrum Lower
   4. 123 kmDalmally
8. 127 kmLoch Awe
9. 132 kmFalls of Cruachan
10. 142 kmTaynuilt
11. 152 kmConnel Ferry
12. 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.

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 — Oban?

The West Highland Line — Oban runs 162 km from Glasgow to Oban.

How long does the West Highland Line — 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 — Oban?

ScotRail.

How old is the West Highland Line — 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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