Wigtown railway station
Wigtown | |
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Location | |
Place | Wigtown |
Area | Wigtownshire |
Operations | |
Original company | Wigtownshire Railway |
Pre-grouping | Caledonian, Glasgow & South Western, Midland and London North Western Railways |
History | |
December 1877[1] | Opened |
25 September 1950 | Closed to passengers |
5 October 1964 | Line closed completely |
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z | |
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Wigtown (NX4344554828) was a railway station on the Wigtownshire Railway branch line, from Newton Stewart to Whithorn, of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway. It served a rural area in Wigtownshire. The station for passengers in 1950, and to goods in 1964.
History
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The Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway was formed from the amalgamation of two railway companies: The Portpatrick Railway and the Wigtownshire Railway, which got into financial difficulties; they merged and were taken over.[2]
The single platformed station stood off the Harbour Road. It had a ticket office and waiting room, a stationmaster's house that still survives (datum 2013), a goods shed, a weighing machine, passing loop, crane, and several sidings.[3]
Other stations
- Newton Stewart - junction
- Causewayend
- Kirkinner
- Whauphill
- Sorbie
- Millisle
- Broughton Skeog
- Whithorn
- List of closed railway stations in Britain
References
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- Notes
- ↑ Butt, Page 250
- ↑ Casserley
- ↑ 1907 25 inch OS Map Retrieved : 2013-01-22
- Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Casserley, H.C.(1968). Britain's Joint Lines. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0024-7.
External links
Coordinates: 54°51′49″N 4°26′27″W / 54.8636°N 4.4408°W
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Causewayend Line and station closed |
Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway | Kirkinner Line and station closed |