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Portsmouth Arms is another wayside station with limited service named after a nearby pub.
Funnily enough, they both receive three trains each way per day Mondays to Saturdays, but five on Sundays.
It was the western extremity of the Callander & Oban Railway until that railway reached the latter town in 1880. The semaphore signalling was removed and signal box closed when the Radio Electornic Token Block (RETB) system was introduced. This is controlled by the signal centre at Banavie.
Which is the only cardinal point on the national rail network that isn't a terminus. Opposing it on the other side of the compass is Lowestoft, the most easterly station.
Scarborough also has a service that follows a coastal route as well as a service that follows an inland route to a historic city with a noted religious edifice.
The Earl of Scarbrough (note the spelling), a major landowner along the east coast of England, was responsible for the development of another great seaside town, including the railway - Skegness.