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References
- ↑ "RAILSCOT - Castle Douglas St Andrew Street". Railscot. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ↑ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 116. OCLC 931112387.
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