This former single track light railway line is closed. It ran north west from near Dumfries to Moniaive.
01/03/1905 | Cairn Valley Light Railway (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Line opened. |
03/05/1943 | Cairn Valley Light Railway (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Moniaive to Dumfries (Cairn Valley Junction) closed to passengers. |
04/07/1949 | Cairn Valley Light Railway (Glasgow and South Western Railway) Moniaive to Dumfries (Cairn Valley Junction) closed to freight. |
These locations are along the line.
This was the junction for the Cairn Valley Light Railway (Glasgow and South Western Railway) about 1 and 3/4 miles north of Dumfries. The branch was a single track 'light' railway.
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Possible siding. Earthworks shown on OS maps after closure. Could be a wartime siding, associated with closure or a post closure dump. Located in lower east side of a field which had been cut through with the lines's alignment.
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This was a single platform station with a passing loop. There was a level crossing at the Dumfries, east, end of the station and the platform was on the north side of the line. The building was typical of the line.
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This was a single platform station. It was south west of Newtonairds House, just north of the Drumpark Bridge.
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This siding and loading point was connected by an aerial ropeway to Morrinton Quarry (to the north east). The siding was on the north side of the line and approached from the south east. The siding was south of Stepford.
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This was a single platform station located on the Cairn Valley line between the Dunscore (north) and Newtonairds (south east). It was a small station with a small metal shelter on the platform, short siding and loading bank and station agent's house.
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This is a disused three arch single track viaduct to the south of Dunscore station which crossed the Cairn Water.
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This was a single platform station with a loop. It was about half a mile west of the village and across the Cairn Water. The platform was on the east (village) side. The station building was timber, originally fitted with a platform side awning which was later removed.
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This was a single platform station located on the Cairn Valley line between the Kirkland (west) and Dunscore (south east). It was a small station with a small metal shelter on the platform, short siding and loading bank and station agent's house.
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This was a single platform station located on the Cairn Valley line between the Moniaive terminus (west) and Crossford. It was a small station with a small metal shelter on the platform, short siding and loading bank (approached from west) and station agent's house - all on north side of the line. A road bridge crossed the trackbed east of the station.
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This was the terminus of the Cairn Valley Light Railway (Glasgow and South Western Railway) which started from just north of Dumfries. The terminus was in the south of the town.
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The Cairn Valley Light Railway: Moniaive to Dumfries (Locomotion Papers) | The Glasgow & South Western Railway a History |