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
LocationShandon, Argyll and Bute
Scotland
Coordinates56.0536°N 4.8096°W / 56.0536; -4.8096
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyWest Highland Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
3 August 1894Station opened
15 June 1964Station 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

References

Notes
  1. Butt (1995), page 209
  2. "Shandon station on OS 25inch map Dumbartonshire nXII.4 (Rhu)". National Library of Scotland. 1918. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  3. McRae (1997), page 11
  4. 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
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