Pinwherry: In the loop; a trolley out from Stranraer waits for a southbound Sprinter to pass the closed station. The signalman swaps hoops with the driver. This view was from early summer in 1989, since then the loop has been taken out and box removed.
Ewan Crawford //1989
Pinwherry
Location type
StationNames and dates
Pinwherry (1877-1882)Pinwherry (1882-1886)
Pinwherry (1886-1965)
Station code: National Rail
Opened on the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway.
Description
This was a two platform station with a passing loop on the single track line. The two storey station building was on the southbound platform. To the south, on the west side of the line, was the signal box. The goods yard was on the east side, south of the station, accessed from the south end of the southbound line. There was a goods shed at the south end of the yard, at Drumspillan close to the bridge over the Duisk River.
The station building and loop survived closure of the station. The loop broke the section between Girvan and Barrhill. The building became a house. Railway cottages remain to the east.
The box and loop closed in 1992. The southbound line was lifted. Closure probably came about due to the decline and then complete end of freight traffic.
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 Pinmore Barrhill Chirmorie [Private] Girvan Girvan (Old) Ballantrae Grangeston Halt Killochan Dailly Glenwhilly Turnberry Kilkerran Maidens Cairn Point New Luce | Pinwherry Viaduct Laggansarroch Viaduct Keepers Bridge Lig Burn Viaduct Kinclair Viaduct Pinmore Tunnel Pinmore Summit Tormitchell Limekilns Tormitchell Quarry Glendoune Viaduct Chirmorie Summit Chirmorie Cairn Girvan Shipyard Tourist/other Cairnlea No 1 Level Crossing Cairnlea No 2 Level Crossing |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1907 | Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway Pinwherry signal box opened. |
| 22/07/1928 | Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway Northbound freight train de-rails just north of Pinwherry loop, after passing through the tightly curved station at speed. |
| / /1939 | Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway Due to wartime traffic, Pinmore, Pinwherry, Barrhill and New Luce loops lengthened to 12 carriages. Bryson tablet exchange introduced. |
| 06/06/1965 | Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway Pinmore, Pinwherry, Glenwhilly and New Luce stations closed. |
| / /1992 | Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway Pinwherry signal box and loop removed. |
