Garlieston railway station

Garlieston is the closed terminus of the Garlieston branch of Wigtownshire Railway; running from a junction at Millisle. It served the coastal village and harbour of Garlieston in Wigtownshire. The Garlieston branch, together with the rest of the Wigtownshire Railway, closed completely in 1964.

Garlieston
The site of the station in 2019
General information
LocationGarlieston, Wigtownshire
Scotland
Coordinates54.78788°N 4.36950°W / 54.78788; -4.36950
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyWigtownshire Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian, Glasgow & South Western, Midland and London North Western Railways
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
3 April 1876Opened
1 March 1903Closed to passenger services
1964Closed to all services

The Wigtownshire Railway was itself a branch of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway; running from a junction at Newton Stewart to Whithorn.

Services

The branch opened from Millisle to Garlieston on 3 April 1876 for both goods and passengers.[1]

Regular passenger services ceased on the Garlieston branch on 1 March 1903.[1] However, Garlieston had a good harbour and it occasionally ran boat excursions to the Isle of Man.[2] These were well patronised, so the railway continued to provide excursion trains to Garlieston until 1935.[2]

Goods services ran from Newton Stewart to Whithorn and to Garlieston until the Whithorn branch closed completely on 5 October 1964. By the 1960s, these services ran three days per week; with conditional working on the Garlieston branch, when required.[3]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Millisle   Caledonian, Glasgow & South Western,
Midland and London North Western Railways
Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway
   Terminus

See also

References

Notes
  1. Awdry, Christopher (1990), Page 110.
  2. Casserley, H.C.(1968), pages 165 -168
  3. Gammell, C.J. (1978)

Sources
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  • Casserley, H. C. (1968). Britain's Joint Lines. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0024-7.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
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  • Gammell, C.J. (1999). Scottish Branch Lines. Shepperton: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-8609-3540-X. OCLC 44398793.
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