Wamphray | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Newton Wamphray, Dumfries and Galloway |
Country: | Scotland |
Coordinates: | 55.2413°N -3.3957°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 2 |
Original: | Caledonian Railway |
Pregroup: | Caledonian Railway |
Postgroup: | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
Years: | 10 September 1847 |
Events: | Station opened[1] |
Years1: | 13 June 1960 |
Events1: | Station closed |
Wamphray railway station served Newton Wamphray, near Beattock, in the Scottish county of Dumfries and Galloway. It was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line. The nearest station for Newton Wamphray is now at Lockerbie. It was originally known as Wamphraygate.[2]
Opened by the Caledonian Railway,[1] it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923 and was then closed by British Railways in 1960.
A description in 1848 records the following:
The station building is now a private dwelling and the platforms have been demolished. In 1868 John Bell was the stationmaster.
Trains pass at speed on the electrified West Coast Main Line but there is no station at the site now.