Garlieston railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Garlieston
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caption =
line = Wigtownshire Railway
manager = Caledonian, Glasgow & South Western, Midland and London North Western Railways
locale = Garlieston
borough = Wigtownshire
years = 3 April 1876
events = Opened
years1 = 1 March 1903
events1 = Closed to passenger services
years2 = 25 September 1950
events2 = Closed to all services

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 on 25 September 1950.

The Wigtownshire Railway was itself a branch of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway; running from a junction at Newton Stewart to Whithorn.

ervices

The branch opened from Millisle to Garlieston on 3 August 1878 for both goods and passengers.Awdry, Christopher (1990), Page 110.]

Regular passenger services ceased on the Garlieston branch on 1 March 1903. However, Garlieston had a good harbour and it occasionally ran boat excursions to the Isle of Man.Casserley, H.C.(1968), pages 165 -168] These were well patronised, so the railway continued to provide excursion trains to Garlieston until 1935.

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.Gammell, C.J. (1978). "Scottish Branch Lines 1955 - 1965". Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-86093-005-X.]

ee also

* List of closed railway stations in Britain

External links

* [http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/ Disused stations]

References

Further reading

* Awdry, Christopher (1990). "Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies". London: Guild Publishing.
* Butt, R. V. J. (1995). "The Directory of Railway Stations". Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
* Casserley, H.C.(1968). "Britain's Joint Lines". Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0024-7.
* Jowett, Alan. (1989). "Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain & Ireland". Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1.
* Thomas, John (1976). "Forgotten Railways: Scotland". Newton Abbott: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8193-8.

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