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Palnure railway station

Coordinates: 54°56′29″N 4°25′12″W / 54.9413°N 4.4199°W / 54.9413; -4.4199
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Palnure
General information
LocationKirkcudbrightshire
Managed byCaledonian, Glasgow & South Western, Midland and London North Western Railways
Line(s)Portpatrick Railway
Platforms2
Key dates
1 July 1861[1]Opened
7 May 1951[1]Closed to passengers
Line closed completely14 June 1965[1]

Palnure railway station (NX450634) was a railway station on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway close to Newton Stewart and the junction for the branch to Whithorn via Wigtown. It served the small village of Palnure in a rural area of the old county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Parish of Minnigaff, Dumfries And Galloway.

Infrastructure

In 1894 the station had one platform on the northern side of the single line with a small station with outbuildings and a weighing machine. A single siding ran at an angle with a passing loop on the Newton Stewart side with a small building, a loading dock and a weighing machine.[2] In 1907 the station had two platforms with a signal box on the northern side and a small shelter on the southern side.[3] The Palnure Viaduct over the Palnure Burn near by on the line to Creetown.[4][2]

History

The Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway was formed from the amalgamation of two railway companies, the Portpatrick Railway and the Wigtownshire Railway. The line was jointly owned by the Caledonian Railway, Glasgow & South Western Railway, Midland Railway and the London & North Western Railway and was managed by the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Committee.

The goods station remained until 1959 and the station passing loop was lifted in 1952.[5] A bad derailment took place in 1922 close to Palnure and following an assessment of the state of the permanent way the Ministry of Transport placed the whole of the main line was put under a 45 mph restriction until over a two-year period it was relaid and reballasted and relaid.

The site today

The Portpatrick Railway system, 1861-2

Following the Beeching cuts closure of the Paddy Line in 1960s the station building was named Station House after its conversion into a private residence.[4] A railway cottage also survives.

See also

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b c Butt (1995), p. 180.
  2. ^ a b "Kirkcudbrightshire XXXIX.7 (Minnigaff; Penninghame)Publication date: 1894. Revised: 1894". Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Kirkcudbrightshire XXXIX.7 (Minnigaff; Penninghame) Publication date: 1908. Revised: 1907". Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Palnure railway station". Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  5. ^ "RailScot - Palnure". Retrieved 16 October 2018.
Sources

54°56′29″N 4°25′12″W / 54.9413°N 4.4199°W / 54.9413; -4.4199

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Creetown
Line and station closed
  Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway   Newton Stewart
Line and station closed