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05/10/2023 Ayrshire: Improvements for A75 between Gretna, Stranraer [Ayr Advertiser] The northern leg of the HS2 rail project has been scrapped, with the billions of pounds saved to be ploughed into transport improvements across the UK. (Permalink) A75 Cairnryan Castle Douglas Gretna HS2 Newton Stewart Port Road Stranraer Castle Douglas: Standard 2-6-4T 80117 at Castle Douglas with a Dumfries to Kirkcudbright service in April 1965. Brian Haslehust 24/04/1965 Newton Stewart: 2P 40623 with Black 5 45432 at Newton Stewart on 16 July 1956 with the 10.58 am ex-Stranraer. G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 16/07/1956 Ayr Advertiser
24/02/2023 Dalbeattie charity fundraiser believes old Dumfries and Galloway railway line could become popular walking route [Daily Record] Alan Mclellan walked the old Port Road from Dumfries to Portpatrick and reckons a bit of tidying up would allow others to follow suit (Permalink) Castle Douglas Dumfries Newton Stewart Port Road Portpatrick Stranraer Maxwelltown: Shortly after leaving Dumfries northbound, trains on the Port Road to Stranraer turned west and crossed a bridge over Nunholme Road. The remains of that bridge mark the start of what is now the Maxwel ... John Furnevel 01/09/2009 Big Water of Fleet Viaduct: The impressive twenty arch Big Water of Fleet Viaduct looking south in May 2012. John Gray /05/2012 Loch Skerrow: The site of the signalbox at Loch Skerrow viewed from the end of the remaining platform looking east. Note the felled water column. Ewan Crawford 21/05/2003 Daily Record
10/12/2022 Railway line disappointment [DNG Online Limited] South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has slammed the Scottish Government after it emerged there are no plans to re-open the railway between Dumfries and Stranraer. The local MSP asked the Scottish Government 'whether it supports the reopening of the railway between Dumfries and Stranraer'. And a written response from Transport Minister Jenny Gilruth stated: 'An option for reopening the rail line between Dumfries and Stranraer was assessed as part of the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) ...' (Permalink) Castle Douglas Dumfries Newton Stewart Port Road Stranraer Castle Douglas: Standard 2-6-4T 80117 at Castle Douglas with a Dumfries to Kirkcudbright service in April 1965. Brian Haslehust 24/04/1965 Stranraer Town: BR light Pacific 72009 Clan Stewart prepares to leave Stranraer Town on 16 July 1956 with the 7.25 service to Glasgow St Enoch. G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 16/07/1956 Newton Stewart: A Black 5 with a Stranraer-bound train pauses at Newton Stewart in April 1965, approximately 2 months before closure. The station was formerly the junction for the Whithorn branch, which had closed co ... Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) /04/1965 DNG Online Limited
19/10/2021 New report claims reopening Dumfries to Stranraer railway should be 'high priority' [Daily Record] Chris Rosindale's study argues that reopening the line would be easier and cheaper than dualling the A75 (Permalink) Castle Douglas Dumfries Newton Stewart Port Road Stranraer Castle Douglas: Two railway buildings still stand at the site of Castle Douglas station in 2021. One is the stone built goods shed, in use as a hardware store (see image [[34786]]), the other is this heavily disguise ... Douglas Blades 15/05/2021 Big Water of Fleet Viaduct: The impressive twenty arch Big Water of Fleet Viaduct looking south in May 2012. John Gray /05/2012 Newton Stewart: The old goods yard at Newton Stewart in May 2007, now part of a plant hire operation, with the former goods shed still performing a useful function 42 years after closure of the line. John Furnevel 31/05/2007 Daily Record