Loch Skerrow Halt Railway Station
History
The station was opened as a public station on 13 June 1955 by British Railways. It had a siding and a signal box. The purpose of the station was to split the signalling section between New Galloway and Gatehouse of Fleet. With a sparse local population, there was little need for a station, so it closed to regular passengers on 9 September 1963. It remained an unadvertised station and was used occasionally until the line was closed in 1965.
Popular culture
Richard Hannay, the hero of the 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps, by John Buchan, reputedly got off a train here, fearing that he had become the prime suspect in a couple of murders in London.
References
- ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 260. OCLC 931112387.
- ^ "Loch Skerrow Halt". Canmore. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Dumfries & Galloway Curiosities by David Carroll - Google Books
- ^ Jack, Ian (9 February 2021). "A tunnel linking Scotland and Northern Ireland? Fantasy has replaced British modesty". The Guardian.
External links
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Galloway Line and station closed |
Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway | Gatehouse of Fleet Line and station closed |
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