Hagdale Chromate Railway
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The Hagdale Chromate Railway was a narrow-gauge railway on the Isle of Unst, in the Shetland Islands. Built in 1907, it connected the chromite quarries at Hagdale with a pier at
Baltasound Baltasound (or Baltasund) is the largest settlement on the island of Unst in Shetland, Scotland. It comes from the Old Norse man's name Balti (Baltisund). Unst is the most northerly inhabited island in the United Kingdom. The village lies halfw ...
. None of Shetland's few narrow-gauge railways were preserved.


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* Railways on Scottish Islands Pre-grouping British railway companies Closed railway lines in Scotland 2 ft 6 in gauge railways in Scotland Railway lines opened in 1907 Transport in Shetland 1907 establishments in Scotland Unst {{Scotland-rail-transport-stub