Faslane Platform railway station

The station lay on the West Highland Railway that opened the line to passengers on 7 August 1894; later operated by the North British Railway, until in 1923 it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway. In 1948 the line became part of the Scottish Region of British Railways following nationalisation and remains open as a route to Fort William, Mallaig and Oban. Faslane was a halt that had a single platform and was opened by the LNER in 1945, but it closed around 1949 when construction work had been completed. Records show that it was not opened as a standard railway station for the general public and it was not listed in the 1948 British Railways (Scottish Region) timetable. The…

Several PoW Camps were located in the area, such as Stuckendoff that stood near the farm of that name, no.582 at Blairvadach with its 40 Nissen huts, now the site of the Blairvadach Outdoor Centre and there was a third camp near Whistlefield above the hamlet of Portincaple. The German POWs at these camps were all dressed in brown trousers and tunics with the letters POW on the back.