Holywood railway station (Scotland)

Holywood
General information
Location	Dumfries and Galloway Scotland
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
15 October 1849	Opened as Killylung [1]
28 October 1850	Renamed as Holywood [1] [2]
1920	Relocated
26 September 1949	Closed
Location

Holywood railway station was a railway station in Dumfries and Galloway north of Dumfries.

History

The station opened on 15 October 1849 as Killylung. ^[1] Within a year, on 28 October 1850, it was renamed as Holywood. ^{[3] [2]} The station had 2 platforms, originally to the north of the level crossing but later moved to the south of it in order for a loop to be created to the east. ^[4]

The station is now closed, although the line through the station is still open. One platform still exists and a level crossing controlled by a signal box. ^{[5] [3]} The small village of Holywood with its church stands a little way off and the old creamery stands close by to the station site.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Auldgirth Line open; station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway		Dumfries Line and station open

Views of Holywood signal box and level crossing

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  The old station platform and line looking Dumfries
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  Holywood signal box
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  Detail of the level crossing gates
• 
  Looking towards Auldgirth

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), page 132
2. Butt (1995), page 122
3. "Holywood Station | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
4. Contributors, Ewan Crawford. "Holywood [1st] - RAILSCOT". www.railscot.co.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2023.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
5. Contributors, Ewan Crawford. "Holywood [2nd] - RAILSCOT". www.railscot.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2024.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

Sources

A train at Holywood level crossing

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC   22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.

External links

• Video and commentary on Holywood Railway Station.

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