Auchencastle
Location type
StationName and dates
Auchencastle (1900-1926)Opened on the Caledonian Railway.
Description
This was a railway staff and families halt north of Beattock. There was a signal box here, initially called 'Longbedholm', on the west side of the line alongside a trailing crossover.
The staff halt opened around 1900. It was served by the carriage which ran from Beattock Summit and also served Greskine Signal Box and other lineside locations with railway cottages.
The signal box was replaced in 1918. The halt closed in 1926 although the service for railway staff continued until around 1966.
The box closed in 1939.
Auchencastle House is to the west of the site.
Tags
Station halt
| Nearby stations Moffat Beattock Ruttonside [Private] Wamphray Dinwoodie Elvanfoot Carronbridge Victoria Lodge Nethercleugh Thornhill Shieldhill Crawford Leadhills Glengonnar Closeburn | Beattock Shed Beattock Bank Ballast Quarry Harthope Viaduct Beattock Summit Start of River Clyde Bodsberry Hill Bodsberry Viaduct Sidings Cottage Elvanfoot Viaduct Corncockle Bridge Tourist/other Greskine Signal Box Murthat Signal Box Harthope Signal Box Bodsberry Level Crossing Gray Mare^s Tail Waterfalls |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
