Newton Stewart railway station

Newton Stewart
The site of the station, looking Eastern towards Palnure, in 2019
Location	Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland
Coordinates	54°57′13″N 4°29′29″W / 54.9537°N 4.4913°W / 54.9537; -4.4913Coordinates: 54°57′13″N 4°29′29″W / 54.9537°N 4.4913°W / 54.9537; -4.4913
Grid reference	NX405649
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Portpatrick Railway
Pre-grouping	Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (Scottish Region)
Key dates
12 March 1861 (1861-03-12)	Opened
14 June 1965 (1965-06-14)	Closed

Newton Stewart railway station served the town of Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland from 1861 to 1965 on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway.

History[]

The station opened on 12 March 1861 and was situated by the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway with the goods yard, a structure which still survives today,^[1] to the north. A locomotive shed to the west of the junction was built in 1920. The station was closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 14 June 1965.^[2]

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