Kirkinner railway station

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Kirkinner
Kirkinner station site geograph-3727288-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Site of the station in 2000
LocationWigtown, Dumfries and Galloway
Scotland
Grid referenceNX420517
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyWigtownshire Railway
Pre-groupingPortpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 August 1875 (1875-08-02)Station opened[1]
25 September 1950 (1950-09-25)Station closed[1]

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.

History[]

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[]

Coordinates: 54°50′07″N 4°27′37″W / 54.835356°N 4.460342°W / 54.835356; -4.460342

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Wigtown
Line and station closed 		  Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway   Whauphill
Line and station closed

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References[]

Notes
  1. ^ a b 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
Sources
  • Butt, R. V. J. (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.
  • Casserley, H.C.(1968). Britain's Joint Lines. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0024-7.

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