Loch Skerrow Halt railway station
Loch Skerrow Halt | |
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![]() The site of the station in 2019 | |
Location | Skerrow, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland |
Coordinates | 54°59′22″N 4°10′27″W / 54.9895°N 4.1743°WCoordinates: 54°59′22″N 4°10′27″W / 54.9895°N 4.1743°W |
Grid reference | NX609682 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | British Railways (Scottish Region) |
Key dates | |
13 June 1955 | Opened |
9 September 1963 | Closed |
Loch Skerrow Halt railway station served the burgh of Skerrow, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, from 1955 to 1963 on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway.
History[]
The station opened on 13 June 1955 by the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway. It had a siding and a signal box. The purpose of the station was to split the track between New Galloway and Gatehouse of Fleet. With a sparse local population, there was no longer a need for a station, so it closed on 9 September 1963.[1][2][3] The line was closed in 1965.[4]
Popular culture[]
Richard Hannay, the hero of the 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps, by John Buchan, reputedly got off a train here, fearing that he had become the prime suspect in a couple of murders in London.[4][5]
References[]
- ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 260. OCLC 931112387.
- ^ "RAILSCOT - Loch Skerrow". Railscot. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ "Loch Skerrow Halt". Canmore. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Dumfries & Galloway Curiosities by David Carroll - Google Books
- ^ Jack, Ian (9 February 2021). "A tunnel linking Scotland and Northern Ireland? Fantasy has replaced British modesty". The Guardian.
External links[]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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New Galloway Line and station closed |
Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway | Gatehouse of Fleet Line and station closed |
Categories:
- Disused railway stations in Dumfries and Galloway
- Former Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1955
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1963
- Beeching closures in Scotland
- 1955 establishments in Scotland
- 1963 disestablishments in Scotland
- Scotland railway station stubs