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Shandon, Station Road, Railway Station
Railway Station (19th Century)
Site Name Shandon, Station Road, Railway Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Shandon Station; Laigh Balernock
Canmore ID 160623
Site Number NS28NE 42
NGR NS 2507 8815
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/160623
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Rhu
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Dumbarton
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS28NE 42 2507 8815
This intermediate station on the Glasgow-Helensburgh-Crianlarich-Fort William route (the 'West Highland line') of the former North British Rly. was opened (by the West Highland Rly.) on 7 August 1894. It closed to regular passenger traffic on 15 June 1964; the line itself remains in use.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 April 2000.
R V J Butt 1995.
