Gatehouse of Fleet railway station

Gatehouse of Fleet
General information
Location	Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland
Coordinates	54°56′07″N4°16′25″W / 54.9352°N 4.2736°W / 54.9352; -4.2736
Grid reference	NX544624
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Portpatrick Railway
Pre-grouping	Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (Scottish Region)
Key dates
September 1861 (1861-09)	Opened as Dromore
1 July 1863	Name changed to Gatehouse
1 June 1865	Name changed to Dromore for Gatehouse
1 September 1866	Name changed back to Gatehouse
1 June 1871	Name changed back to Dromore
1 January 1912	Name changed to Gatehouse of Fleet
5 December 1949	Closed to passengers
20 May 1950	Reopened
14 June 1965 (1965-06-14)	Closed
Location

Gatehouse of Fleet railway station served the town of Gatehouse of Fleet, in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in the administrative area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland from 1861 to 1965 on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway. The station was over 6 miles from the town.

History

The station opened in September 1861 as Dromore by the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway. It went through a lot of name changes, being renamed to Gatehouse on 1 July 1863, to Dromore for Gatehouse on 1 June 1865, back to Gatehouse on 2 September 1866, back to Dromore on 1 June 1871, and finally to Gatehouse of Fleet on 1 January 1912. The station closed to passengers on 5 December 1949 but reopened on 20 May 1950, only to close along with the line on 14 June 1965. ^{[1] [2]}

In Popular Culture

Lord Peter Wimsey gathers information about his suspects by chatting with station staff and passers-by in the Dorothy L. Sayers novel The Five Red Herrings .

References

1. "Gatehouse of Fleet, Station". Canmore. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
2. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 192. OCLC   931112387.

External links

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Loch Skerrow Halt Line and station closed		Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway		Creetown Line and station closed