Newton Stewart railway station

Newton Stewart
Newton Stewart
	The site of the station, looking Eastern towards Palnure, in 2019
General information
Location	Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire; Scotland
Coordinates	54°57′13″N 4°29′29″W / 54.9537°N 4.4913°W
Grid reference	NX405649
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Portpatrick Railway
Pre-grouping	Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway; Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (Scottish Region)
Key dates
12 March 1861	Opened
14 June 1965	Closed

Newton Stewart railway station served the town of Newton Stewart, in the historic county of Wigtownshire in the administrative area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland from 1861 to 1965 on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway.

History[edit]

The station opened on 12 March 1861 and was situated by the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway with the goods yard, a structure which still survives today, to the north. A locomotive shed to the west of the junction was built in 1920. The station was closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 14 June 1965.^[1]^[2]

References[edit]

^ "Newton Stewart Station". Canmore. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 317. OCLC 931112387.

External links[edit]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Palnure Line and station closed		Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway		Mains of Penninghame Line and station closed
Palnure Line and station closed		Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway		Kirkcowan Line and station closed

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[NewtonStewartStationInfo-1] "Newton Stewart Station". Canmore. Retrieved 21 September 2019.

[2] Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 317. OCLC 931112387.

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