Creetown railway station

Creetown
Creetown
	Station forecourt in 2019
General information
Location	Creetown, Dumfries and Galloway; Scotland
Coordinates	54°54′40″N 4°22′48″W / 54.911°N 4.38°W
Grid reference	NX475599
Platforms	2
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

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

History

The station opened on 12 March 1861 by the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway. The signal box was at the east end of the westbound platform and the goods yard was to the south. The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 14 June 1965. ^[1]^[2]

Station site

The station fell into ruins, but in 1990 it was restored with a brake van and part of the platform being kept. The goods building also still exists.

References

^ "Creetown Railway 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. 140. OCLC 931112387.

External links

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Gatehouse of Fleet Line and station closed		Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway		Palnure Line and station closed

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[CreetownStationInfo2-1] "Creetown Railway 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. 140. OCLC 931112387.

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