Connel Ferry railway station
Connel Ferry railway station is a railway station serving the village of Connel in western Scotland. This station is on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line, originally part of the Callander and Oban Railway, between Oban and Taynuilt, sited 65 miles 30 chains from Callander via Glen Ogle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Connel Ferry, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “CON”, “Connel Ferry Railway Station”, and “Connel Ferry Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oban Airport and Scottish Association for Marine Science.
Oban Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Bill Miller, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oban Airport is located 5 nautical miles northeast of Oban, near the village of North Connel, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Operated by Argyll and Bute council, it has a CAA licence as a commercial airport following recent upgrading.
Scottish Association for Marine Science
University
The Scottish Association for Marine Science is the UK's oldest ocean research and education charity based near Oban, Argyll, on the European Marine Science Park. Scottish Association for Marine Science is situated 2½ miles west of Connel Ferry railway station.
Dunstaffnage Chapel
Ruins
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dunstaffnage Chapel is a ruins, which is situated 2 miles west of Connel Ferry railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Connel and Falls of Lora.
Connel
Village
Photo: Droigheann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Connel is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is situated on the southern shore of Loch Etive. The Lusragan Burn flows through the village and into the loch.
Falls of Lora
Locality
Photo: Mussklprozz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Falls of Lora is a tidal race which forms at the mouth of Loch Etive when a particularly high tide runs out from the loch. They form white water rapids for two to five days either side of the spring tides.
Dunbeg
Village
Photo: Peter Amsden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunbeg, formerly known as Dunstaffnage, is a village about 2+1⁄2 miles outside of Oban, Scotland. It has a population of just under 1,000. It is home to the Scottish Association for Marine Science, one of the primary marine science centres in the UK. Dunbeg is situated 2½ miles west of Connel Ferry railway station.
Connel Ferry railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.45247° or 56° 27′ 9″ northLongitude
-5.38329° or 5° 22′ 60″ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Operator
ScotRailNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“CON”Open location code
9C8PFJ28+XMOpenStreetMap ID
node 7197486220OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Irish—“Connel Ferry railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Connel Ferry”
- Dutch: “Station Connel Ferry”
- French: “Connel Ferry”
- French: “gare de Connel Ferry”
- Irish: “Aiseag a‘ Chongail”
- Irish: “Aiseag a’ Chongail”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Connel Ferry railway station”. Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.