Portpatrick Railway

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The Portpatrick Railway was a railway in south-west Scotland, which linked Dumfries, via Castle Douglas, with the port towns of Portpatrick and Stranraer. The line, with a few exceptions, closed in 1965.

Completed in 1861, the line connected Portpatrick to Castle Douglas, where it joined the newly constructed Castle Douglas and Dumfries railway . In later years, Portpatrick's importance as a port declined, and trains ran only to Stranraer.

Major structures on the route include the Loch Ken viaduct, across the Dee, the Gatehouse viaduct across the Fleet, and the Glenluce viaduct, over the Water of Luce.

[edit] Places and towns served by the Portpatrick Railway

In Kirkcudbrightshire:

• Castle Douglas
• Crossmichael
• Parton
• New Galloway
• Loch Skerrow
• Gatehouse of Fleet
• Creetown
• Palnure

and in Wigtownshire:

• Newton Stewart
• Kirkcowan
• Glenluce
• Castle Kennedy
• Stranraer - still open
• Portpatrick

[edit] See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

[edit] External links

• Portpatrick Railway at www.railscot.co.uk
• The Portpatrick and Wigtonshire Railway (personal page)