Shandon railway station
Shandon is a closed railway station located at Shandon on the east shore of Gare Loch, in Argyll and Bute. It is located towards the southern end of the West Highland Railway.
Shandon | |
|---|---|
| Location | Shandon, Argyll and Bute Scotland |
| Coordinates | 56.0536°N 4.8096°W |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | West Highland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| Key dates | |
| 3 August 1894 | Station opened |
| 15 June 1964 | Station closed |
History
This station opened to passengers on 7 August 1894.[1]
The station was laid out with a crossing loop around an island platform. There was a siding with a loading bank on the east side of the station.[2] The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1936 to 1939.[3]
The station closed on 15 June 1964.[1]
There have been proposals to reopen the station as part of an experiment to open ‘pop-up’ stations in Scotland.[4]
Signalling
From the time of its opening in 1894, the West Highland Railway was worked throughout by the electric token system. Shandon signal box, which had 15 levers, was situated at the south end of the island platform.
The signal box and crossing loop were taken out of use on 2 April 1967. The single line was subsequently realigned through the site of the island platform. As a result, very little trace can be seen of this station today, although the loading bank remains.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhu Line open; Station closed |
North British Railway West Highland Railway |
Garelochhead Line and Station opened | ||
See also
- Faslane Platform railway station - A near by temporary WWII station
References
Notes
- Butt (1995), page 209
- "Shandon station on OS 25inch map Dumbartonshire nXII.4 (Rhu)". National Library of Scotland. 1918. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- McRae (1997), page 11
- Pop up train stations at Rhu and Shandon Proposed
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
Further reading
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- RAILSCOT on the West Highland Railway
- Shandon station on navigable OS map