Kirkinner railway station
Kirkinner | |
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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 |
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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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
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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
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Wigtown Line and station closed |
Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway | Whauphill Line and station closed |
References
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- Notes
- 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.