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WHITHORN RAILWAY STATION Latitude and Longitude:

54°44′19″N 4°24′56″W / 54.7386°N 4.4156°W / 54.7386; -4.4156
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Whithorn
The site of the station in 2019
General information
Location Whithorn, Wigtownshire
Scotland
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Wigtownshire Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian, Glasgow & South Western, Midland and London North Western Railways
Key dates
9 July 1877Opened
25 September 1950Closed to passengers
1964closed completely

Whithorn is the closed terminus of the Wigtownshire Railway branch, from Newton Stewart, of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway. It served the town of Whithorn in Wigtownshire. The line was closed to passenger services in 1950, [1] [2] and to goods in 1964.

Other stations

See also

References

  1. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 455. OCLC  931112387.
  2. ^ 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. p. 249. ISBN  978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC  60251199. OL  11956311M.

54°44′19″N 4°24′56″W / 54.7386°N 4.4156°W / 54.7386; -4.4156