Kirkinner railway station

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Kirkinner
Site of the station in 2000
Location
Place Wigtown
Area Wigtownshire
Operations
Original company Wigtownshire Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian, Glasgow & South Western, Midland and London North Western Railways
History
2 August 1875[1] Opened
25 September 1950[1] Closed to passengers
5 October 1964 Line closed completely
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Closed railway stations in Britain
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Kirkinner (NX 42093 51737) 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. Kirkinner is an area and village, 3 miles from Wigtown, bounded on the east by the bay of Wigtown, along which it extends for about three miles, and on the north by the River Bladnoch.

History

Dismantled overbridge near Kirkinner

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 1908 the station is shown as having a passing loop, a single platform, two sidings, a weighing machine, a ticket office and waiting room, all sitting within a cutting.[4]

Other stations

Coordinates: 54°50′12″N 4°26′23″W / 54.8366°N 4.4398°W / 54.8366; -4.4398

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Wigtown
Line and station closed		   Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway   Whauphill
Line and station closed

References

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Notes
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Butt, Page 136
  2. ↑ Casserley
  3. ↑ Wigtown Retrieved : 2013-01-28
  4. ↑ 25 inch OS Map Retrieved : 2013-01-28
Sources
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
  • Casserley, H.C.(1968). Britain's Joint Lines. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0024-7.

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