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.
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]