Wigtown railway station explained

Wigtown
Status:Disused
Borough:Wigtown, Wigtownshire
Country:Scotland
Original:Wigtownshire Railway
Pregroup:Caledonian, Glasgow & South Western, Midland and London North Western Railways
Years:December 1877[1]
Events:Opened
Years1:25 September 1950
Events1:Closed to passengers
Years2:5 October 1964
Events2:Line closed completely

Wigtown 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 closed for passengers in 1950, and to goods in 1964.

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]

The single-platform 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]

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54.8636°N -4.4408°W

Notes and References

  1. Butt, Page 250
  2. Casserley
  3. http://maps.nls.uk/os/25inch-2nd-and-later/view/?jp2=82908702#jp2=82908702&zoom=6&lat=2045&lon=7110&layers=BT 1907 25 inch OS Map