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{{Short description|Railway station in Perth and Kinross, Scotland}}
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| code = PIT<ref>{{cite web |last1=Deaves |first1=Phil |title=Railway Codes |url=http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/crs/crsp.shtm |website=railwaycodes.org.uk |access-date=27 September 2022}}</ref>
| years = 1863
| events = Opened
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{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2016/17 |passengers={{steady}} 0.121 million}}▼
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2017/18 |passengers={{increase}} 0.125 million}}▼
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2018/19 |passengers={{steady}} 0.125 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.121 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 22,450}}
| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
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'''Pitlochry railway station'''
==History==
The station is situated on the former [[Inverness and Perth Junction Railway]] (I&PJR) and was opened along with the line in 1863.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vallance |first1=H. A. |title=The Highland Railway |date=1985|orig-date=1938 |publisher=David St. John Thomas |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0946537232 |page=25 |edition=4}}</ref> In 1865, The I&PJR amalgamated with other railways to create the [[Highland Railway]].<ref>
The station is {{convert|28|mi|21|chain|km|lk=in}} from {{stnlnk|Perth|Scotland}}, and has a [[passing loop]] {{convert|25|chain|m}} long, flanked by two [[Side platform|side platforms]]. Platform 1 on the up (southbound) line could accommodate trains having eight coaches, whereas platform 2 on the down (northbound) line could hold eleven.{{sfn|Brailsford|2017|loc=map 19B}} Both platforms were extended in March 2019 as part of a £57 million upgrade programme by [[Network Rail]], which also saw the station re-signalled.<ref>{{cite web|first=Louise|last=Glen|title=More trains, quicker journey times and improved station lengths all part of Highland railway improvements|journal=The Press and Journal|url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/1708855/more-trains-quicker-journey-times-and-improved-station-lengths-all-part-of-highland-railway-improvements/|date=27 March 2019|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref>▼
== Facilities ==
There are waiting rooms on both platforms, benches and help points on both platforms, with a small car park, ticket office and toilets available on platform 1. Access to both platforms is step-free (from the car park for platform 1 and a drop-off point for platform 2), but the only way of crossing over is via the footbridge.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Rail Enquiries - |url=https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations-and-destinations/stations-made-easy/pitlochry-station-plan |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=www.nationalrail.co.uk}}</ref> There is a staffed ticket office open throughout the day, however, there are no self-service ticket machines.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pitlochry Station {{!}} National Rail |url=https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/pitlochry/ |website=nationalrail.co.uk |access-date=5 June 2023}}</ref>
▲*John Grant 1889 - 1914<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Pitlochry Station-Master Honoured | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000164/19140704/163/0008 |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Scotland |date=4 July 1914 |access-date=13 November 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
== Platform layout ==
==Services==▼
[[File:43034 at Pitlochry
▲The station
{{Clear left}}
From 2018, this station will be one of those to benefit from a package of timetable enhancements introduced by [[Transport Scotland]] and Scotrail. The current Perth to Inverness timetable will increase to hourly each way, with trains south of there running on alternate hours to Edinburgh & Glasgow. Journey times will also be reduced by 10 minutes to both cities.<ref>[http://www.transport.gov.scot/news/%E2%80%98rail-revolution%E2%80%99-means-200-more-services-and-20000-more-seats-scots-passengers "‘Rail revolution’ means 200 more services and 20,000 more seats for Scots passengers"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820113818/http://www.transport.gov.scot/news/%E2%80%98rail-revolution%E2%80%99-means-200-more-services-and-20000-more-seats-scots-passengers |date=20 August 2016 }}''Transport Scotland'' press release 15 March 2016; Retrieved 18 August 2016</ref> However, the improvements to the Highland Main Line have been pushed back to at least December 2020.▼
▲==Services==
In 2022, all Highland main line services between [[Perth railway station (Scotland)|Perth]] and [[Inverness railway station|Inverness]] call here. From Monday to Saturday, there are five trains each weekday to [[Edinburgh Waverley railway station|Edinburgh Waverley]] (including the ''[[Highland Chieftain]]'' to {{rws|London King's Cross}}) and seven to {{rws|Glasgow Queen Street}} southbound, plus the overnight sleeper to [[Euston railway station|London Euston]] (the latter does not run southbound on Saturday nights or northbound on Sundays). Northbound there are eleven departures to Inverness.
On Sundays there are five trains to Edinburgh (including the King's Cross service) and two to Glasgow (plus the Caledonian Sleeper), along with seven to Inverness, two of which extend to [[Elgin railway station|Elgin]].<ref name=":02">eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 213</ref>{{rail start}}
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{{rail line|previous={{Stnlnk|Dunkeld & Birnam}}|next={{Stnlnk|Blair Atholl}}|route=[[Caledonian Sleeper]]<br /><small>[[Caledonian Sleeper|Highland Caledonian Sleeper]]</small> |col={{CS color}} }}
{{Historical Rail Insert}}
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== Future proposals ==
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== See also ==
* [[Public transport in Perth and Kinross]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
{{Commons}}
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{{Railway stations served by Abellio Scotrail}}
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[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1863]]
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[[Category:Railway stations served by Caledonian Sleeper]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by London North Eastern Railway]]
[[Category:Category A listed buildings in Perth and Kinross]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Pitlochry]]
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