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References
- ↑ "Dolphinton Station (North British Railway)". Canmore. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ↑ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 155. OCLC 931112387.
