Английская Википедия:Falls of Cruachan railway station

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox station Falls of Cruachan railway station is a railway station located at the foot of Ben Cruachan in Scotland. This station is on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line, originally part of the Callander and Oban Railway. It is sited between Taynuilt and Loch Awe, sited Шаблон:Convert from Callander via Glen Ogle. ScotRail manage the station and operate all services.

History

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The shelter at the Falls of Cruachan station.

The station (on the lower slopes of Ben Cruachan, above Loch Awe) opened on 1 October 1893 with a single platform, but was later closed on 1 November 1965.

Reopening

The station was reopened on 20 June 1988.

Signalling

Although Falls of Cruachan station has never had any signalling directly associated with it, its platform falls within the four mile stretch of railway that is protected by the Pass of Brander stone signals. Шаблон:Clear left

Accidents and incidents

Шаблон:Main The area near the station has been the site of five derailments due to the rock fall: in 1881, 1946, 1997, and in 2010, which proved the most significant.

On 6 June 2010, a two carriage train from Glasgow to Шаблон:Stnlnk derailed near Falls of Cruachan station. The train derailed shortly before 8.53 p.m. and was left balanced precariously on a Шаблон:Convert embankment. There was also a minor fire. Sixty passengers had been on board the train, but all were safely evacuated down the line to the station with no major injuries. Nine people were injured. The train hit a boulder that had fallen onto the track. The train crew later received a commendation for the actions they took to protect their passengers.Шаблон:Better source needed

Facilities

The station has no facilities bar an electronic display and a bench. There is no car park or drop-off point, as the only entrance is directly off the A85. The station does not have step-free access. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train. As the station does not have lighting, trains cannot call between dusk and dawn.

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Falls of Cruachan

	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	2021-22	2022-23
Entries and exits	68	124	108	154	160	218	204	200	258	244	498	654	734	734	726	538	626	134	492	888

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

The Falls of Cruachan Railway Viaduct

Шаблон:Infobox bridgeThe viaduct carries the West Highland Line over the Falls of Cruachan, near Loch Awe. It was engineered by John Strain, and is dated 1880. It was built for the Callander and Oban Railway. It was listed as a Category A listed building in 2007.

It has three arches, with a main centre span of Шаблон:Convert and side arches of Шаблон:Convert. The piers are made of bull-faced stone, and the arches from mass concrete, a material not previously employed on British railways. There is a parapet with a central crenulation, topped with a recent steel safety rail.

The viaduct spans the small gully created by the Falls of Cruachan, close to the entrance to the pumped-storage Cruachan Power Station, which is located in a chamber within Ben Cruachan.

Services

All services at Falls of Cruachan are operated by ScotRail. However, unlike other stations on the line, the station is only open in the summer months from March to October every year. This is because the station is mainly used by hikers in the summer months, who walk past the falls to climb Ben Cruachan.

When the station is operational, there are five trains each way (eastbound to Шаблон:Stnlnk, westbound to Шаблон:Stnlnk) on weekdays and Saturdays, along with four each way on Sundays.

Bibliography

• Шаблон:Butt-Stations
• Шаблон:Fryer-CandO
• Шаблон:Jowett-Atlas