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Portincaple, Whistlefield Station
Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Portincaple, Whistlefield Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Whistlefield Halt; Finnart Farm
Canmore ID 160624
Site Number NS29SW 25
NGR NS 2351 9300
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/160624
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Rhu
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Dumbarton
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS29SW 25 2351 9300
See also NS29SW 36.
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 1 May 1896. It was renamed Whistlefield Halt on 13 June 1960 and closed to regular passenger traffic on 15 June 1964; the line remains in use.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 April 2000.
R V J Butt 1995.
See also NS29SW 36. The relationship between this station and the house at Whistlefield cannot be ascertained from the available map evidence.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 April 2000.
