Buittle
Location type
StationName and dates
Buittle (1862-1894)Opened on the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway.
Description
This station was also known as Buittle Mill, Buittle Halt and Buittle Mill Halt. It opened shortly after the line. It had a station building on a single platform and a siding. Services were limited calling on Wednesdays only with one train each way.
The siding was closed in 1874. The line was doubled in 1894 and station closed and demolished. Surfacemens' cottages were located south of the line at the station site but are now gone.
The station was directly east of a now removed bridge over a minor road south of Milton of Buittle.
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StationExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Dalbeattie Castle Douglas Southwick Castle Douglas (St Andrew Street) Kirkgunzeon Crossmichael Bridge of Dee Killywhan Lochanhead Parton Tarff New Galloway Newtonairds Kirkcudbright Stepford | Barsole^s Siding Urr Viaduct Dalbeattie Creamery Craignair Quarries Maidenholm Sidings Kirkgunzeon Lane Viaduct Southwick Quarry Southwick Ammunition Factory Dalbeattie Quay Castle Douglas Shed Southwick Factory Siding Lane Bridge Tourist/other Threave Garden Drumcoltran Tower Threave Castle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1894 | Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway Buittle station closed on doubling of line between Dalbeattie and Castle Douglas. |
Books
 The Port Road: Dumfries to Stranraer, Portpatrick, Kirkcudbright and Whithorn |
