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Garelochhead railway station

Garelochhead railway station is a railway station serving the village of , on the , in . This station is on the West Highland Line and is a boundary station for SPT.
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Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Garelochhead, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Garelochhead Railway Station”, “Garelochhead, Station Road, Station”, and “GCH”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include HMNB Clyde and Auchengaich Reservoir.

Military installation
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
His Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde, primarily sited at Faslane on the , is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy. is situated 1¼ miles south of Garelochhead railway station.

Reservoir
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
National grid reference NS27609150 was created in 1942 through the construction of an earthfill dam built by the military to supply water to and the Gareloch during World War II. is situated 2 miles east of Garelochhead railway station.

Military installation
Photo: william craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Royal Naval Armaments Depot Coulport, shortened to , on in , Scotland, is the storage and loading facility for the nuclear warheads of the United Kingdom's Trident programme. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Garelochhead railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Garelochhead and Whistlefield.

Village
Photo: william craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small town on the in , Scotland. It is the nearest town to the naval base. lies 7 miles northwest of . is a few miles to the east, and to the west.

Hamlet
is a hamlet on the east shore of on the , in , West of Scotland. It is home to the Category C listed building, the , which was established around 1801–1804.

Hamlet
Photo: Hamiltonstone, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet on the shores of in , Scotland. It was once a fishing village sending its catch to market via the old railway station at Whistlefield. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Garelochhead railway station.

Garelochhead railway station

Latitude
56.08023° or 56° 4′ 49″ north
Longitude
-4.82536° or 4° 49′ 31″ west
Elevation
151 feet (46 metres)
Operator
ScotRail
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“GCH”
Open location code
9C8Q35JF+3V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6753042826
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
6952629
Wiki­data ID
Q2189205
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Scottish Gaelic—“Garelochhead railway station” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “station Garelochhead”
  • Dutch: “Station Garelochhead”
  • French: “gare de Garelochhead”
  • French: “Garelochhead”
  • Scots: “Garelochhead railwey station”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Stèisean Cheann a‘ Ghearrloch”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Stèisean Cheann a’ Gheàrrloch”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Garelochhead railway station”. Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.