Garelochhead train station
You can reach 37 stations directly from Garelochhead on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Arrochar and Tarbet, with 15 trains a day.
Garelochhead is the nearest station for postcodes in PA24, PA27. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Garelochhead
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrochar and Tarbet | 15 | 14 | 9 |
| Ardlui | 15 | 14 | 9 |
| Crianlarich | 15 | 14 | 9 |
| Dumbarton Central | 15 | 14 | 9 |
| Glasgow Queen Street | 14 | 14 | 9 |
| Helensburgh Upper | 15 | 14 | 9 |
| Dalmuir | 12 | 11 | 9 |
| Connel Ferry | 10 | 10 | 7 |
| Dalmally | 10 | 10 | 7 |
| Loch Awe | 10 | 10 | 7 |
| Oban | 10 | 10 | 7 |
| Taynuilt | 10 | 10 | 7 |
| Tyndrum Lower | 10 | 10 | 7 |
| Falls of Cruachan | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Bridge of Orchy | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Corrour | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Fort William | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Rannoch | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Roy Bridge | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Spean Bridge | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Tulloch | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Upper Tyndrum | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Arisaig | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Banavie | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Beasdale | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Corpach | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Glenfinnan | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Lochailort | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Locheilside | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Loch Eil Outward Bound | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Mallaig | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Morar | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Ashfield | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cardross | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Edinburgh Waverley | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Gilshochill | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Maryhill | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Possilpark and Parkhouse | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Singer | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Summerston | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving Garelochhead
Garelochhead is on the West Highland Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Garelochhead station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Garelochhead station on 9 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 2 paths on the Wednesday, 1 path on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. 3 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Garelochhead station is
17,740 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,301st busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Garelochhead and Glasgow Central than any other pair: 3,654 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
- Helensburgh Upper 5.9 miles
- Helensburgh Central 6.4 miles
- Craigendoran 7.3 miles
- Gourock 8.2 miles
- Fort Matilda 8.5 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Garelochhead, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Whistlefield · 1.3 miles
- Shandon · 1.9 miles
- Faslane Platform · 3.0 miles
- Rhu · 4.5 miles
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Facilities at Garelochhead station
Garelochhead is unstaffed, with step-free access to no part of the station.
Waiting room
Parking at Garelochhead station
- Station Car Park 5 spaces
free
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 August 2026.
Getting to Garelochhead station
Garelochhead station is in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M8 J31 (West Ferry Interchange), 14.9 miles south-east.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Garelochhead station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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