Tulloch railway station is a rural railway station in the remote Tulloch area of the Highland region of Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line, between Corrour and Roy Bridge, sited from Craigendoran Junction, near Helensburgh.
History
When the railway opened on 7 August 1894 the station was named Inverlair. It was renamed Tulloch on 1 January 1895.
The station was laid out with two platforms, one on either side of a crossing loop. There are sidings on the north side of the station.
The station buildings are now used as a hostel.Tulloch Station Lodge The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1935 to 1939.
Loch Treig derailment On 28 June 2012, GB Railfreight-operated 66734 derailed at Loch Treig, approximately three miles from Tulloch, whilst working the a feight train from North Blyth to Fort William. The locomotive derailed approximately 25 metres above Loch Treig itself. As a result of the remote location, the driver of the train was rescued by a search & rescue helicopter, and the locomotive was cut up on site. The line reopened on Wednesday 11 July.
Facilities The facilities here are extremely 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. 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. +Passenger Volume at Tulloch2004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–232023–242024–25Entries and exits2,0832,1222,3142,3652,3942,0522,2162,1362,1242,0461,9981,8041,6161,7742,1481,7702661,5001,5442,1062,252 The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services Monday to Saturday, Tulloch has three northbound services to Fort William and and one service to Fort William only (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.eNRT May 2026 Edition, Tables 218, 220
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External links
Video footage of the station on YouTube