Wigtown railway station

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Wigtown
Location
Place	Wigtown
Area	Wigtownshire
Operations
Original company	Wigtownshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian, Glasgow & South Western, Midland and London North Western Railways
History
December 1877^[1]	Opened
25 September 1950	Closed to passengers
5 October 1964	Line closed completely
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Wigtown (NX4344554828) 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 as far back as 1950, and to goods in 1964.

History

Old railway overbridge near Wigtown.

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 platformed 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]

Other stations

List of closed railway stations in Britain

Coordinates: 54°51′49″N 4°26′27″W / 54.8636°N 4.4408°W / 54.8636; -4.4408

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Newton Stewart Line and station closed		Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway		Kirkinner Line and station closed

References

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Notes

↑ Butt, Page 250
↑ Casserley
↑ 1907 25 inch OS Map Retrieved : 2013-01-22

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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