Whauphill railway station explained

Whauphill
Status:Disused
Borough:Wigtown, Wigtownshire
Country:Scotland
Original:Wigtownshire Railway
Pregroup:Caledonian, Glasgow & South Western, Midland and London North Western Railways
Years:2 August 1875[1]
Events:Opened
Years1:25 September 1950
Events1:Closed to passengers
Years2:5 October 1964
Events2:Line closed completely

Whauphill (NX 40462 49887) 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. Whauphill is a small rural village with Wigtown situated some 5 miles east of the village.

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 the 1880s Whauphill had a post and telegraph office.[4] The station had a passing loop, a signal box located on the platform, and a goods shed.[5]

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54.8181°N -4.485°W

Notes and References

  1. Butt, Page 247
  2. Casserley
  3. http://freespace.virgin.net/harold.hall/railway3.htm Wigtown
  4. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=144720 A Vision of Britain
  5. http://maps.nls.uk/os/6inch-2nd-and-later/view/?sid=75680019#sid=75680019&zoom=6&lat=5838.50087&lon=5508&layers=BT 6 inch OS Map