Kirkinner railway station explained

Kirkinner
Status:Disused
Borough:Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway
Country:Scotland
Grid Name:Grid reference
Original:Wigtownshire Railway
Pregroup:Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Events1:Station opened[1]
Events2:Station closed

Kirkinner 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. Kirkinner is an area and village, 3 miles from Wigtown, bounded on the east by the bay of Wigtown, along which it extends for about three miles, and on the north by the River Bladnoch.

History

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]

A station master's house was provided.[3] In 1908 the station is shown as having a passing loop, a single platform, two sidings, a weighing machine, a ticket office and waiting room, all sitting within a cutting.[4]

Other stations

54.8354°N -4.4603°W

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Notes and References

  1. Butt, Page 136
  2. Casserley
  3. http://freespace.virgin.net/harold.hall/railway3.htm Wigtown
  4. http://maps.nls.uk/os/25inch-2nd-and-later/view/?jp2=82908999#jp2=82908999&zoom=5&lat=2133.5&lon=13712&layers=BT 25 inch OS Map