Faslane Branch

The Faslane Branch was a standard gauge military railway built during World War II to serve "Military Port No.1" at Faslane, west of Glasgow in Scotland.

Latterly, the branch was used to serve the ship breaking activities at Faslane.

The Faslane Branch diverged west from the LNER's West Highland Railway at "Faslane Junction", beyond which was a group of exchange sidings and a locomotive shed. Northwards from here, the single line crossed a bridge, then was double track all the way to Faslane Bay.

Near the 1 milepost was the level crossing at Shandon, where the railway crossed the road leading to Shandon station on the West Highland Railway. Sprung catch points were installed in the Up (southbound) line just south of the crossing on account of the gradient which fell steeply towards Faslane.

Near the 2 milepost, there was a quarry siding on the east side of the line, and a further set of catch points in both running lines.

A little further north was Belmore Crossing, where the railway crossed the A814 road. A signal box stood just north of the crossing, on the east side of the line.

The branch line ended at Faslane Bay, where an extensive layout of sidings was provided. The furthest extremity of the branch terminated alongside a platform.

Unusually for a British railway, right-hand running was in force over the double track, to familiarise the War Department personnel with the conditions that they would be likely to encounter while serving in Continental Europe.

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