Wigtown railway station
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Scotland
Wigtown | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Wigtown, Wigtownshire Scotland | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Wigtownshire Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian, Glasgow & South Western, Midland and London North Western Railways | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| December 1877[1] | Opened | ||||
| 25 September 1950 | Closed to passengers | ||||
| 5 October 1964 | Line closed completely | ||||
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Wigtown 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. The station closed for passengers in 1950, and to goods in 1964.
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]
The single-platform station stood off the Harbour Road. It had a ticket office and waiting room, a stationmaster's house that still survives (datum 2013), a goods shed, a weighing machine, passing loop, crane, and several sidings.[3]
Site today
The stationmaster's house is extant along with the road bridge which ran over the railway. At the station nothing survives except for a section of platform, partially infilled.
