page_title: Oban railway station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Oban railway station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Oban Station. View NE, to buffer-stops; ex-Caledonian terminus of line from Glasgow, via Stirling and Callander until 28/9/65, when the line between Callander and Crianlarich was closed following a landslide and trains have been diverted via the West Highland Line south of there. But this is 1948 - on a wet day, of course - and a Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 is leaving on an express to Glasgow via Callander. The station is beside the harbour and a steamer - for Mull and many other Western Isles destinations, can be glimpsed.
context_page_description: Oban railway station is a railway station serving Oban in Scotland. 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.
  Oban station provides interchange with the adjacent ferry terminal, offering connections to a number of destinations in the Inner and Outer Hebrides via ferry services operated by Caledonian MacBrayne. Known as the "Gateway to the Isles", Oban is Cal Mac's busiest ferry terminal,
context_section_description: 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 ¹⁄₂ mile (800 m) 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.
  Following closure of the goods yard and engine shed, a rail-connected oil storage depot occupied part of the site for a number of years, although this has itself since closed.
  Since 1982, only the 1904-built platforms remain in use (still numbered as Platforms 3 and 4). The present small station building was officially opened on 3 January 1986, the occasion being marked by the naming of two Class 37 locomotives. Despite it being a listed building, the original station building was subsequently demolished.
caption: Oban station in 1948
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