Faslane Platform railway station

Faslane Platform

Faslane Junction Platform
General information
LocationBetween Shandon and Rhu, Argyll and Bute
Scotland
Coordinates56°02′24″N 4°47′53″W / 56.0399°N 4.7981°W / 56.0399; -4.7981
Grid referenceNS257865
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
26 August 1945Opened[1]
Circa 1949Closed

Faslane Platform railway station or Faslane Junction Platform railway station was a temporary private railway station[2] located near the Stuckendoff PoW camp, Shandon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Opened in 1945 by the LNER in connection with the construction of the Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric facility and was located on the Shandon side of the Chapel Burn and recorded to be out of use by around 1949 in the British Railways era.[1]

  1. ^ a b Butt (1995), p. 95.
  2. ^ McGregor, John (1994). 100 years of the West Highland Railway. ScotRail. p. 71.