Blair Atholl railway station

Blair Atholl

Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Athall[1]
National Rail
General view, looking south
General information
LocationBlair Atholl, Perth and Kinross
Scotland
Coordinates56°45′55″N 3°50′59″W / 56.7653°N 3.8496°W / 56.7653; -3.8496
Grid referenceNN870652
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBLA[2]
Key dates
9 September 1863Opened as Blair Athole[3]
1872Possibly renamed to Blair Athol[3]
1893 or 1894Renamed to Blair Atholl[3]
Passengers
2018/19Increase 21,008
2019/20Decrease 18,388
2020/21Decrease 3,688
2021/22Increase 11,870
2022/23Increase 13,402
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Blair Atholl railway station is a railway station serving the town of Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Highland Main Line, 35 mileschains (56.5 km) from Perth, between Pitlochry and Dalwhinnie. There is a crossover at the north end of the station to allow trains to turn back if the line south to Pitlochry is closed.[4]

  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. ^ a b c Quick 2022, p. 87.
  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.

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