Are there any request stops on the Caledonian Sleeper?

[tom73]

I heard that Corrour was such a stop, northbound at least, but no indication of this on the National Rail website.

 

[jfisher21]

Ardlui is a request stop, the northbound sleeper does not appear on the information board but I waved as it passed and it stopped for me in the summer. Enjoyed a short ride to crianlarich!

 

[InOban]

Wouldn't have to stop for RETB token exchange, or can they collect a long section from Arrochar to Crianlarich?

 

[Kite159]

Corrour lost its request stop status last December timetable change.

Only request stops for the Cally on the West Highland line is Ardlui & Roy Bridge.

 

[MrEd]

Wouldn't have to stop for RETB token exchange, or can they collect a long section from Arrochar to Crianlarich?

I believe that in the absence of conflicting southbound traffic (there normally isn’t any unless the Oban-Glasgow Sprinter, which the sleeper normally passes at Arrochar, is running late), a long section token can be issued from Arrochar to Crianlarich.

The sleeper, whenever I’ve used it, has tended to stop at Ardlui more often than not, usually to pick up some walkers in the seated coach. How typical this is I don’t know. I think from the times I’ve used the Fort William section, the Roy Bridge stop is made about 50% of the time.

 

[47271]

They'll often skip a stop northbound between Perth and Inverness if they think that no one's getting off there. Sometimes there's been some confusion and a passenger wants to get off there...

 

[pieguyrob]

I think it also depends on where tickets have been sold to. If no tickers have been sold to a station then it won't have to stop.

 

[cosmo]

AFAIK Roy Bridge is a request stop only on the sleeper, it gets a regular ScotRail service.