Amisfield railway station

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Amisfield
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Site of the station, 1991
General information
Location Amisfield, Dumfries and Galloway
Scotland
Coordinates 55°07′46″N3°34′22″W / 55.12933°N 3.57276°W / 55.12933; -3.57276
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 September 1863 [1] Opened
19 May 1952 [1] Closed
Location
Amisfield railway station

Amisfield railway station was a station which served Amisfield, in the Scottish county of Dumfries and Galloway. It was served by trains on a local line which ran between the Caledonian Main Line (now known as the West Coast Main Line) at Lockerbie and the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway at Dumfries. The latter station is now the nearest to Amisfield.

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History

Opened by the Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway, [1] then part of the Caledonian Railway it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was then closed by British Railways. [1]

Preceding stationHistorical railwaysFollowing station
Locharbriggs
Line and station closed		  Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway
Caledonian Railway
  Shieldhill
Line and station closed

The site today

Some parts of the platform remain and the station house is now a private residence.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Butt (1995), page 16

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