Taynuilt Scottish Gaelic:Taigh an Uillt[1]
General information
Location	Taynuilt,Argyll and Bute Scotland
Coordinates	56°25′51″N5°14′22″W / 56.4309°N 5.2394°W /56.4309; -5.2394
Grid reference	NN003312
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	TAY
History
Original company	Callander and Oban Railway
Pre-grouping	Callander and Oban Railway operated byCaledonian Railway
Key dates
1 July 1880[2]	Opened
Passengers
2020/21	35,054
2021/22	35,456
2022/23	42,026
2023/24	45,776
2024/25	38,888
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Taynuilt railway station is arailway station serving the village ofTaynuilt in westernScotland. This station is on theOban branch of theWest Highland Line, originally part of theCallander and Oban Railway, betweenFalls of Cruachan andConnel Ferry, sited 58 miles 55 chains (94.4 km) fromCallander viaGlen Ogle.^[3]ScotRail manage the station and operate all services.

Taynuilt station opened on 1 July 1880, when the Callander and Oban Railway was extended fromDalmally to Oban.^[4]

The station is laid out with two platforms, one on either side of acrossing loop. There are twosidings on the south side of the station.

On 11 January 1987, the crossing loop was altered to right-hand running. The original Down platform has thus become the Up platform, and vice versa. The change was made in order to simplify shunting at this station, by removing the need to hand-pump the train-operated looppoints to access the sidings.^{[citation needed]}

Facilities at the station are basic, consisting of shelters on both platforms, a bench on platform 2, bike racks and ca car park adjacent to platform 1 and a help point on the wall of the old signal box. All of the station has step-free access.^[5] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

The increase in station usage recorded in the 2020/21Office of Rail and Road statistics, at a time when passenger numbers across the UK fell drastically in the Covid-19 pandemic, was attributed^{[by whom?]} to the introduction of school services on the Oban line.^{[citation needed]}

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

There are 6 departures in each direction on weekdays and Saturdays, with trains heading eastbound toGlasgow Queen Street and westbound toOban. On weekdays only, an additional service in each direction betweenDalmally and Oban calls here in the late afternoon. On Sundays, there are 3 departures each way throughout the year, but there is a fourth in the summer from late June–August which runs fromEdinburgh Waverley to Oban and back.^[7][8]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Falls of Cruachan orLoch Awe		ScotRail West Highland Line		Connel Ferry
	Historical railways
Falls of Cruachan Line and station open		Callander and Oban Railway Operated byCaledonian Railway		Ach-na-Cloich Line open; station closed

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987].Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps.ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995).The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.).Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7.OCLC 60251199.OL 11956311M.
• Fryer, Charles (1989).The Callander and Oban Railway. Oxford: Oakwood Press.ISBN 0-8536-1377-X.OCLC 21870958.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989).Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0.OCLC 22311137.

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