Tarff railway station

Tarff
Tarff
	The site of the station in 2019
General information
Location	Ringford, Dumfries and Galloway; England
Coordinates	54°53′07″N 4°03′01″W / 54.88520°N 4.05035°W
Grid reference	NX685564
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway; British Rail (Scottish Region)
Key dates
7 March 1864	Opened as Tarff for Gatehouse
1 September 1865	Name changed to Gatehouse
1 August 1871	Name changed to Tarff
3 May 1965	Closed

Tarff railway station served the village of Ringford, in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in the administrative area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland from 1864 to 1965 on the Kirkcudbright Railway.

History[edit]

The station opened on 7 March 1864 as Tarff for Gatehouse by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. To the east was the goods yard and to the north was the signal box, which opened in 1882. The goods yard had a siding and a stone goods shed. The name of the station was changed to Gatehouse on 1 September 1865 and then changed to Tarff on 1 August 1871.^[1] The signal box closed in 1946 and was replaced by ground frames. The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 3 May 1965.^[2]^[3]

References[edit]

^ 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. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 391. OCLC 931112387.
^ 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. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

External links[edit]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Bridge of Dee Line and station closed		Kirkcudbright Railway		Kirkcudbright Line and station closed

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[1] 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. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

[2] Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 391. OCLC 931112387.

[3] 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. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

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