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Faslane Platform railway station

Faslane Platform railway station in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit
1 h–2.5 h

About

Faslane Platform railway station is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Faslane Platform railway station or Faslane Junction Platform railway station was a temporary private railway station located near the Stuckendoff PoW camp, Shandon, Dunbartonshire, 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.

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Background

History

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…

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Coordinates
56.0399, -4.7981

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Where is Faslane Platform railway station?
Faslane Platform railway station is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.0399°, -4.7981°.