Old Photograph Steam Tain Railway Station Oban Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train in the railway station in Oban, Scotland. Oban station opened on 1 July 1880. A ticket platform, long since disused but still in situ, was located on the west side of the single line, about half a mile to the south. Just south of there, a short branch line diverged to the east, towards a goods yard and engine shed. Two additional platforms were constructed on the west side of the station in 1904, following the opening of the branch from Connel Ferry to Ballachulish. It is the terminus of one branch of the highly scenic West Highland Line 101.3 miles north of Glasgow Queen Street. It was originally the terminus of the Callander and Oban Railway. Services are operated by Abellio ScotRail.



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