Arrochar and Tarbet railway station
Arrochar & Tarbet 
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| Scottish Gaelic: An t-Archar & An Tairbeart | |
View of platform, looking north
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| Location | |
| Place | Arrochar & Tarbet |
| Local authority | Argyll and Bute |
| Coordinates | 56°12′12″N 4°43′24″W / 56.2033°N 4.7232°WCoordinates: 56°12′12″N 4°43′24″W / 56.2033°N 4.7232°W |
| Grid reference | NN311045 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ART |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 9,520 |
| 2012/13 |
 9,232 |
| 2013/14 |
10,662 |
| 2014/15 |
13,618 |
| 2015/16 |
15,236 |
| History | |
| Original company | West Highland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| 7 August 1894 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Arrochar & Tarbet from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Arrochar and Tarbet railway station is a railway station on the West Highland Line in Scotland. It stands between the villages of Arrochar and Tarbet.
Opened to passengers on 7 August 1894 by the West Highland Railway, then run by the North British Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. Under NBR & LNER auspices, the station was the terminus of a local service from Craigendoran (Upper) as well as being served by through trains to Fort William & Mallaig. Known as the Wee Arrochar, the Craigendoran service was continued by British Rail until June 1964, when it fell victim to the Beeching Axe.
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by ScotRail until the Privatisation of British Rail.
The station was laid out with a crossing loop and an island platform. The sidings on the east side of the station were used for loading timber until December 2008 when the carriage of Scottish timber by rail ceased in connection with the recession. As of June 2015, there is still no sign of the service being reinstated.
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