Shandon railway station

Shandon
Location
Place Shandon
Area Argyll and Bute
Coordinates 56°03′13″N 4°48′35″W / 56.0536°N 4.8096°W / 56.0536; -4.8096Coordinates: 56°03′13″N 4°48′35″W / 56.0536°N 4.8096°W / 56.0536; -4.8096
Operations
Original company West Highland Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping LNER
Platforms 2
History
3 August 1894 Station opened[1]
14 June 1964 Station closed[1]
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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.

History

This station opened to passengers on 7 August 1894.

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.

The station closed on 14 June 1964.

There have been proposals to reopen the station as part of an experiment to open ‘pop-up’ stations in Scotland.[2]

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

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Butt (1995), page 209
  2. ↑

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.
  • 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
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