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Pitlochry railway station is a railway station serving the town of Pitlochry in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is managed by ScotRail and is located on the Highland main line, 28 miles 21 chains (45.5 km) from Perth, between Dunkeld & Birnham and Blair Atholl.[4]

Pitlochry

Scottish Gaelic: Baile Chloichridh[1]
General information
LocationPitlochry, Perth and Kinross
Scotland
Coordinates56.7023°N 3.7353°W / 56.7023; -3.7353
Grid referenceNN938580
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codePIT[2]
Key dates
1863Opened
Passengers
2016/17 0.121 million
2017/18 0.125 million
2018/19 0.125 million
2019/20 0.121 million
2020/21 22,450
Listed Building – Category A
Designated12 October 1994
Reference no.LB39867[3]
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History


The station is situated on the former Inverness and Perth Junction Railway (I&PJR) and was opened along with the line in 1863.[citation needed] In 1865, The I&PJR amalgamated with other railways to create the Highland Railway.


Facilities


There are waiting rooms on both platforms, benches and help points on both platforms, with a small car park, ticket office and toilets available on platform 1. Access to both platforms is step-free (from the car park for platform 1 and a drop-off point for platform 2), but the only way of crossing over is via the footbridge.[5] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.


Platform layout


An Abellio ScotRail Class 170 calls with an Inverness to Edinburgh service
An Abellio ScotRail Class 170 calls with an Inverness to Edinburgh service

The station has a passing loop 25 chains (500 m) long, with two side platforms. Platform 1 on the southbound line could accommodate trains having eight coaches, whereas platform 2 on the northbound line could hold eleven.[6] Both platforms were extended in March 2019 as part of a £57 million upgrade programme by Network Rail, which also saw the station re-signalled.[7]


Passenger volume


Passenger Volume at Pitlochry[8]
  2002-03 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Entries and exits 5,521 12,959 17,777 23,931 29,278 38,110 38,326 41,592 47,320 52,512 55,306 88,872 94,354 94,242 116,626 117,096 130,044 46,198

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.


Services


In 2022, all Highland main line services between Perth and Inverness call here. From Monday to Saturday, there are five trains each weekday to Edinburgh Waverley (including the Highland Chieftain to London King's Cross) and seven to Glasgow Queen Street southbound, plus the overnight sleeper to London Euston (the latter does not run southbound on Saturday nights or northbound on Sundays). Northbound there are eleven departures to Inverness.

On Sundays there are five trains to Edinburgh (including the King's Cross service) and two to Glasgow (plus the Caledonian Sleeper), along with seven to Inverness, two of which extend to Elgin.[9]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Dunkeld & Birnam
or Perth
  London North Eastern Railway
East Coast Main Line
  Blair Atholl
or Kingussie
Dunkeld & Birnam
or Perth
  ScotRail
Highland Line
  Blair Atholl
or Dalwhinnie
or Newtonmore
or Kingussie
Dunkeld & Birnam   Caledonian Sleeper
Highland Caledonian Sleeper
  Blair Atholl
  Historical railways  
Ballinluig
Line open; station closed
  Highland Railway
Inverness and Perth Junction Railway
  Killiecrankie
Line open; station closed

Future proposals


In the future,[when?] 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 and Glasgow. Journey times will be reduced by 10 minutes to both cities.[10] As of May 2022, this has still not taken place.[9]


References


  1. Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  2. Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. Historic Environment Scotland. "Station Road, Pitlochry Station, including Down Platform Building, Footbridge, Fountain and Signal Box (LB39867)". Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 93. ISBN 978 1909431 26 3.
  5. "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  6. Brailsford 2017, map 19B.
  7. Glen, Louise (27 March 2019). "More trains, quicker journey times and improved station lengths all part of Highland railway improvements". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  8. "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  9. eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 213
  10. "‘Rail revolution’ means 200 more services and 20,000 more seats for Scots passengers" Archived 20 August 2016 at the Wayback MachineTransport Scotland press release 15 March 2016; Retrieved 18 August 2016




На других языках


[de] Bahnhof Pitlochry

Bei dem Bahnhof Pitlochry handelt es sich um den Bahnhof der schottischen Ortschaft Pitlochry in der Council Area Perth and Kinross. Die Station liegt an der Highland Main Line und wurde 1863 eröffnet. Der Bahnhof wurde 1994 in die schottischen Denkmallisten in der höchsten Denkmalkategorie A aufgenommen.[1]
- [en] Pitlochry railway station



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