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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Newton Stewart Railway Station

Newton Stewart railway station served the town of Newton Stewart, in the historic county of Wigtownshire 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 and was situated by the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway with the goods yard, a structure which still survives today, to the north. A locomotive shed to the west of the junction was built in 1920. The station was closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 14 June 1965.

References

  1. ^ "Newton Stewart 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. 317. OCLC 931112387.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Palnure
Line and station closed
  Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway   Mains of Penninghame
Line and station closed
Palnure
Line and station closed
  Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway   Kirkcowan
Line and station closed