Glenfinnan railway station is a railway station serving the village of Glenfinnan in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is on the West Highland Line, between Lochailort and Locheilside, located from the former Banavie Junction. Glenfinnan Viaduct is about to the east of the station. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.
History The Glenfinnan Railway Station was opened on 1 April 1901.
The architecture of the station followed designs by the Scottish architect, James Miller, who designed the 'chalet style' railway stations along the West Highland Line and built using mass concrete construction by Robert McAlpine.GLENFINNAN RAILWAY STATION, TICKET OFFICE/ WAITING ROOM AND SIGNAL BOX (LB312).
The station has two platforms, one on either side of a crossing loop. There are sidings on the south side of the station.
The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1936 to 1939. A camping coach was also positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1952 to 1962, the coach was replaced in 1963 by a Pullman camping coach which was joined by another Pullman in 1967 until all camping coaches in the region were withdrawn at the end of the 1969 season.
Accidents and incidents On 22 January 2018, a Class 156 forming a Mallaig-Glasgow Queen Street service struck a landslip near the station and was derailed. There were no injuries.
Glenfinnan Station Museum The Glenfinnan Station Museum opened in 1991 and is located in the station building, on the Down platform. The museum's exhibits focus on the construction, impact and operation of the Mallaig Extension Railway in the late 19th century. The former signal box is also part of the museum and is fully interactive.
Facilities Platform 1 is equipped with a waiting room and a bench (the only facilities on platform 2), a help point and cycle racks. It is also adjacent to the car park, to which there is step-free access. The only access to platform 2 is via one of two barrow crossings. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
Passenger volume +Passenger Volume at Glenfinnan2004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–232023–242024–25Entries and exits3,8534,5845,4205,3075,7506,6827,4027,1728,2467,7368,7789,4189,12211,62012,48613,8641,8767,92413,42019,76418,274 The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
There are four trains per day to and three to Glasgow Queen Street, plus a fourth to that connects with the overnight Caledonian Sleeper to London Euston on weekdays. On Sundays there are three trains per day each way.eNRT May 2026 Edition, Table 218
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External links
Glenfinnan Station Museum - official site RAILSCOT on Mallaig Extension Railway