Wigtown Railway Station

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 for passengers in 1950, and to goods in 1964. HistoryThe 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. The single platformed 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. Other stations Newton Stewart - junction Causewayend Kirkinner Whauphill Sorbie Millisle Garlieston Whithorn List of closed railway stations in Britain

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 for passengers in 1950, and to goods in 1964. HistoryThe 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. The single platformed 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. Other stations Newton Stewart - junction Causewayend Kirkinner Whauphill Sorbie Millisle Garlieston Whithorn List of closed railway stations in Britain