Pitlochry railway station
Pitlochry  | |
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| Scottish Gaelic: Baile Chloichridh | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Pitlochry |
| Local authority | Perth and Kinross |
| Coordinates | 56°42′08″N 3°44′07″W / 56.7023°N 3.7353°WCoordinates: 56°42′08″N 3°44′07″W / 56.7023°N 3.7353°W |
| Grid reference | NN938580 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | PIT |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2002/03 | 66,890 |
| 2004/05 |
 84,555 |
| 2005/06 |
88,638 |
| 2006/07 |
 78,193 |
| 2007/08 |
78,776 |
| 2008/09 |
82,784 |
| 2009/10 |
87,210 |
| 2010/11 |
87,684 |
| 2011/12 |
90,618 |
| 2012/13 |
98,340 |
| 2013/14 |
0.102 million |
| History | |
| 1863 | 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 Pitlochry from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Pitlochry railway station serves the town of Pitlochry in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is served by Abellio ScotRail trains between Glasgow or Edinburgh and Inverness, the Caledonian Sleeper to/from London Euston and the daily Virgin Trains East Coast service between London King's Cross and Inverness via York and the East Coast Main Line.
The station is situated on the former Inverness and Perth Junction Railway and was opened along with the line in 1863. The newly formed Highland Railway took over in 1865.[1]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunkeld and Birnam | Virgin Trains East Coast East Coast Main Line |
Blair Atholl | ||
| Dunkeld and Birnam | Abellio ScotRail Highland Line |
Blair Atholl | ||
| Dunkeld and Birnam | Caledonian Sleeper Highland Caledonian Sleeper |
Blair Atholl | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Ballinluig Line open; station closed |
Inverness and Perth Junction Railway | Killiecrankie Line open; station closed | ||
Services
All Highland main line services between Perth & Inverness call here (11 departures each way per day in total), providing links to both Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley as well as the daytime & sleeper services to London (the sleeper doesn't run northbound on Sundays or southbound on Saturday nights). There are seven trains each way per day each way on Sundays.[2]
From 2018, this station will be one of those to benefit from a package of timetable enhancements introduced by Transport Scotland and Scotrail. The current Perth to Inverness timetable will increase to hourly each way, with trains south of there running on alternate hours to Edinburgh & Glasgow. Journey times will also be reduced by 10 minutes to both cities.[3]
References
- ↑ Railscot - Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Crawford, Ewan; www.railbrit.co.uk, Retrieved 11 August 2016
- ↑ Table 229 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- ↑ "‘Rail revolution’ means 200 more services and 20,000 more seats for Scots passengers"Transport Scotland press release 15 March 2016; Retrieved 18 August 2016
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