Garlieston is the closed terminus of the Garlieston branch of Wigtownshire Railway; running from a junction at Millisle. It served the coastal village and harbour of Garlieston in Wigtownshire. The Garlieston branch, together with the rest of the Wigtownshire Railway, closed completely in 1964.
Garlieston | |
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,_Dumfries_%26_Galloway_(geograph_6162892).jpg) The site of the station in 2019 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Garlieston, Wigtownshire Scotland |
| Coordinates | 54°47′16″N 4°22′10″W / 54.78788°N 4.36950°W |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Wigtownshire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian, Glasgow & South Western, Midland and London North Western Railways |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| Key dates | |
| 3 April 1876 | Opened |
| 1 March 1903 | Closed to passenger services |
| 1964 | Closed to all services |
The Wigtownshire Railway was itself a branch of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway; running from a junction at Newton Stewart to Whithorn.
Services
editThe branch opened from Millisle to Garlieston on 3 April 1876 for both goods and passengers.[1]
Regular passenger services ceased on the Garlieston branch on 1 March 1903.[1] However, Garlieston had a good harbour and it occasionally ran boat excursions to the Isle of Man.[2] These were well patronised, so the railway continued to provide excursion trains to Garlieston until 1935.[2]
Goods services ran from Newton Stewart to Whithorn and to Garlieston until the Whithorn branch closed completely on 5 October 1964. By the 1960s, these services ran three days per week; with conditional working on the Garlieston branch, when required.[3]
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millisle | Caledonian, Glasgow & South Western, Midland and London North Western Railways Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway |
Terminus | ||
See also
editReferences
editNotes
editSources
edit- Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
- 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.
- Casserley, H. C. (1968). Britain's Joint Lines. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0024-7.
- 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.
- Thomas, John (1976). Forgotten Railways: Scotland (1st ed.). Newton Abbot: Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-7185-1. OCLC 3103506.
- Thomas, John (1981). Forgotten Railways: Scotland (2nd ed.). Newton Abbot: Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8193-8. OCLC 13641185.
- Gammell, C.J. (1999). Scottish Branch Lines. Shepperton: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-8609-3540-X. OCLC 44398793.