Mains of Penninghame Platform railway station

Mains of Penninghame Platform
Mains of Penninghame Platform
	The trackbed at the Clachan of Penninghame
General information
Location	Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire ; Scotland
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Wigtownshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian, Glasgow & South Western, Midland and London North Western Railways
Key dates
May 1875	Opened
6 August 1885	Closed to passengers
5 October 1964	Line closed completely

Last updated December 09, 2024

Mains of Penninghame Platform railway station^[2] (NX410617) was a halt on the Wigtownshire Railway branch line, from Newton Stewart to Whithorn, of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway. It served a rural area of farms, including the large Mains of Penninghame and the nearby Clachan and old Kirk of Penninghame in the Parish of Penninghame, old Wigtownshire.^[3]

History

The Portpatrick Railway and the Wigtownshire Railway amalgamated to become the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway following financial difficulties.^[4]

The line between Newton Stewart and Wigtown had no intermediate stops at first however in May 1875 it was decided to locate platforms or halts at Causeway End and Mains of Penninghame.^[5] The single platformed station stood on a typical single track section of the branch. Ordnance Survey maps do not clearly indicate the exact location however a map of 1882 gives the name 'Mains Cross Station' and a site to the north of the old kirk where the embankment crosses the Mains of Penninghame Road.^[6] A site next to the old Kirk of Penninghame on the route to Mains of Penninghame was close to the Clachan of Penninghame, its farm and public house.^[7] No sidings were present however a level crossing is recorded here that may have replaced the road underpass.^[8]

Causeway End and Mains of Penninghame had a very limited service with a train only on Fridays at 10.20 a.m. and 4.20 p.m., the Newton Stewart market day,^[9] an arrangement that was not that unusual, for example Racks railway station in Dumfries and Galloway from 1848 to 1860 had a Wednesday only service.

A rail overbridge still stands on the old trackbed on the route to Newton Stewart and the line crossed the Mains of Penninghame Road on a high embankment.

Microhistory

The parish church dedicated to St Ninian and cemetery of Penninghame were located at the Clachan of Penninghame until around 1777, however the cemetery remained in use until the late 19th century. The surviving house in the clachan is said to have been a public house at one time.^[10]

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Whauphill 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. Whauphill is a small rural village with Wigtown situated some 5 miles east of the village.

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References

Notes

1 2 Butt, Page 153
1 2 Lindsay, David M E (2002). Glasgow & South-Western Railway. Register of Stations, Routes and Lines. G&SWR Association. p. 5 of Part 2.1.
↑ Wigtownshire XV.14 (Penninghame; Wigtown) Publication date:1895. Revised:1894.
↑ Casserley, H.C.(1968). Britain's Joint Lines. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0024-7
↑ Smith, David L, The Little Railways of South West Scotland, David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1969, ISBN 0-7153-4652-0
↑ Stanford's map of Scotland. 1882 Retrieved : 2018-11-28]
↑ 1907 25 inch OS Map Retrieved : 2018-09-30]
↑ Wham, Alasdair (2017). Exploring Dumfries & Galloway's Lost Railway Heritage. Catrine:The Oakwood Press. ISBN 9780853610830 p.102
↑ H D Thorne, Rails to Portpatrick, T Stephenson and Sons Ltd, Prescot, 1976, ISBN 0 901314 18 8
↑ Genuki Penninghame

Sources

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.

External links

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[b-1] 1 2 Butt, Page 153

[MP-2] 1 2 Lindsay, David M E (2002). Glasgow & South-Western Railway. Register of Stations, Routes and Lines. G&SWR Association. p. 5 of Part 2.1.

[3] Wigtownshire XV.14 (Penninghame; Wigtown) Publication date:1895. Revised:1894.

[4] Casserley, H.C.(1968). Britain's Joint Lines. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0024-7

[smith-5] Smith, David L, The Little Railways of South West Scotland, David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1969, ISBN 0-7153-4652-0

[6] Stanford's map of Scotland. 1882 Retrieved : 2018-11-28]

[7] 1907 25 inch OS Map Retrieved : 2018-09-30]

[8] Wham, Alasdair (2017). Exploring Dumfries & Galloway's Lost Railway Heritage. Catrine:The Oakwood Press. ISBN 9780853610830 p.102

[thorne-9] H D Thorne, Rails to Portpatrick, T Stephenson and Sons Ltd, Prescot, 1976, ISBN 0 901314 18 8

[10] Genuki Penninghame

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