Kirkcudbright Railway
Introduction
This line is closed. The line ran from Castle Douglas to Kirkcudbright.
Dates
| / /1861 | Kirkcudbright Railway Act receives Royal assent. |
| 17/02/1864 | Kirkcudbright Railway Opened from Castle Douglas (Portpatrick Railway and Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway) to Kirkcudbright. |
| 07/03/1864 | Kirkcudbright Railway Tarff for Gatehouse opened. |
| / /1865 | Kirkcudbright RailwayGlasgow and South Western Railway Kirkcudbright Railway absorbed by Glasgow and South Western Railway. |
| 01/09/1865 | Kirkcudbright Railway Tarff for Gatehouse re-named Gatehouse [Tarff]. Presumably the Glasgow and South Western Railway (who now owned the Kirkcudbright Railway) was competing with the Caledonian Railway operated Portpatrick Railway for Gatehouse of Fleet traffic - for which neither of the two stations were convenient. |
| 01/08/1871 | Kirkcudbright Railway Gatehouse re-named Tarff. |
| 03/05/1965 | Kirkcudbright Railway Kirkcudbright to Castle Douglas closed to passengers. |
| 14/06/1965 | Kirkcudbright Railway Kirkcudbright to Castle Douglas closed to freight. |
Locations along the line
These locations are along the line.
This was a two platform station in the north of Castle Douglas.
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See also
Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway
Portpatrick Railway
Brian Haslehust 24/04/1965
Brian Haslehust 22/06/1964
Brian Haslehust 24/04/1965
Ewan Crawford //
This was the temporary terminus of the Kirkcudbright Railway. It was south west of the St Andrew Street overbridge (now Abercromby Road). The platform was located on the south side of the line.
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John Furnevel 01/09/2009
This was a single platform station, the platform being on the south side of the line. The station building was of two storeys.
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John Furnevel 11/11/2005
This was a single platform on a single track line. The station was in a rural location serving the surrounding farms. To the west are the High and Old bridges of Tarff crossing the Tarff Water. The station was named more for the Tarff Valley than a specific village or town. Gatehouse, for which it was named (or partly named) until 1871, is just under 7 miles west from the former station. ...
More details
Brian Haslehust 24/04/1965
John Furnevel 09/11/2005
This was the terminus of the railway from Castle Douglas. It was in the northern part of the town close to the bridge over the River Dee, the Kirkcudbright Bridge, with a two storey building frontage onto the St Mary's Street and Bridge Street corner.
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Brian Haslehust 22/08/1963
Colin Miller 03/04/2018
Brian Haslehust 24/04/1965
Brian Haslehust 24/04/1965
