Kirkinner railway station

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Kirkinner
Kirkinner station site geograph-3727288-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Site of the station in 2000
General information
Location Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway
Scotland
Grid reference NX420517
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Wigtownshire Railway
Pre-grouping Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 August 1875 (1875-08-02)Station opened [1]
25 September 1950 (1950-09-25)Station closed [1]
Location
Kirkinner railway station

Kirkinner was a railway station on the Wigtownshire Railway branch line, from Newton Stewart to Whithorn, of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway. It served a rural area in Wigtownshire. Kirkinner is an area and village, 3 miles from Wigtown, bounded on the east by the bay of Wigtown, along which it extends for about three miles, and on the north by the River Bladnoch.

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History

Dismantled overbridge near Kirkinner Dismantled Railway Bridge at Baldoon - geograph.org.uk - 562078.jpg
Dismantled overbridge near Kirkinner

The Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway was formed from the amalgamation of two railway companies: The Portpatrick Railway and the Wigtownshire Railway, which got into financial difficulties; they merged and were taken over. [2]

A station master's house was provided. [3] In 1908 the station is shown as having a passing loop, a single platform, two sidings, a weighing machine, a ticket office and waiting room, all sitting within a cutting. [4]

Other stations

54°50′07″N4°27′37″W / 54.835356°N 4.460342°W / 54.835356; -4.460342

Preceding stationHistorical railwaysFollowing station
Wigtown
Line and station closed		  Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway   Whauphill
Line and station closed

See also

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 Butt, Page 136
  2. ↑ Casserley
  3. ↑ Wigtown Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved : 2013-01-28
  4. ↑ 25 inch OS Map Retrieved : 2013-01-28
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