Auldgirth railway station

Auldgirth
General information
Location	Dumfries and Galloway
Platforms	2
History
Original company	Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
15 October 1849	Station opens
3 November 1952	Station closes

Auldgirth railway station was a station which served Auldgirth, in the Scottish county of Dumfries and Galloway. It was served by trains on what is now known as the Glasgow South Western Line north of Dumfries. The latter station is now the nearest to Auldgirth.

History

Opened by the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, which became part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was then closed by British Railways.

The site today

The view towards Thornhill from Auldgirth old station overbridge.

Trains still pass the site on the Glasgow South Western Line.

References

• 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. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• 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.
• Station on navigable O.S. map
• RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Holywood		London Midland and Scottish Railway Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway		Closeburn