Newton Stewart
Location type
StationName and dates
Newton Stewart (1861-1965)Opened on the Portpatrick Railway.
Opened on the Wigtownshire Railway.
Description
This was an important junction station on the Portpatrick Railway, to the south west of the town of Newton Stewart itself.
This was a three platform station. The main station building was on the westbound platform on the south side, north of this was an island platform with a building with a glazed canopy and north again of this the goods yard, served from the west. A long iron footbridge at the west end served the platforms and crossed all the lines.
The station had two signal boxes, West and East, opened 1875. Both boxes were replaced in 1902. The west box was located to the west of the station, on the north side of the junction between the routes to Stranraer and Wigtown. The east box was east of the station and on the north side of the line at the east end of the station loop.
The junction was west of the station and a new locomotive shed Newton Stewart Shed was built here in the 'V' the junction in 1920. The main line and branch were single track.
The station, boxes and line closed in 1965.
Of the station little other than the stone goods shed survives. The station site is now an industrial estate. Portions of loading banks remain in the north of the site and the road bridge crossing to the west of the station remains intact.
The new road Old Station View has nothing to do with the station. It is south of the former junction.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Mains Crossing Palnure Causewayend [WR] Creetown Kirkcowan Wigtown Kirkinner Gatehouse of Fleet Whauphill Sorbie Millisle Exchange Platform Millisle Garliestown [2nd] Loch Skerrow Broughton Skeog | Newton Stewart Shed Carty Siding Cree Viaduct Palnure Viaduct Carsegowan Munitions Factory Graddoch Viaduct Upper Bladnoch Viaduct Culcronchie Viaduct Lower Bladnoch Viaduct Bladnoch Creamery Bladnoch Siding Tourist/other Barskeoch Level Crossing Torhouse Stone Circle Bladnoch Distillery Cassencary Quarry Quay |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 12/03/1861 | Portpatrick Railway Stranraer to Castle Douglas opened to the public. Most of the line was single track. Stations at; Stranraer, Glenluce, Kirkcowan, Newton Stewart, Creetown, New Galloway, Parton and Crossmichael. |
| / /1872 | Wigtownshire Railway Wigtownshire Railway authorised from Newton Stewart to Wigtown along with tramway to Garlieston. |
| 03/04/1875 | Wigtownshire Railway Opened from Newton Stewart (Portpatrick Railway) to Wigtown. (Alternative dates 03/05/1875, 02/08/1875.) |
| / /1895 | Portpatrick Railway A wooden engine shed is opened at Newton Stewart in the V of the junction. |
| / /1921 | Portpatrick Railway A new large brick engine shed, Newton Stewart Shed [2nd] is opened at Newton Stewart in the V of the junction, replacing the wooden structure. |
| 25/09/1950 | Wigtownshire Railway Whithorn to Newton Stewart closed to passengers. |
| 14/06/1965 | Portpatrick Railway
Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway Challoch Junction (excluded) to Dumfries (excluded) closed to passengers. Glenluce, Kirkcowan, Newton Stewart, Creetown, Gatehouse of Fleet, New Galloway, Parton and Crossmichael closed. Challoch Junction to Maxwelltown Factory Siding (excluded) closed to all traffic. On the surviving part of the line Castle Kennedy and Dunragit stations closed. |
| 14/06/1965 | Wigtownshire Railway Whithorn to Newton Stewart officially closed, although the track was already lifted. |
