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.Butt (1995), page 209 The station was laid out with a

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around an island platform. There was a

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with a loading bank on the east side of the station. The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1936 to 1939. The station closed on 15 June 1964. There have been proposals to reopen the station as part of an experiment to open ‘pop-up’ stations in Scotland.Pop up train stations at Rhu and Shandon Proposed
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Signalling

From the time of its opening in 1894, the West Highland Railway was worked throughout by the electric token system. Shandon

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, 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.

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