Glenluce railway station
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Glenluce | |
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General information | |
Location | Glenluce, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland |
Coordinates | 54°52′50″N 4°48′35″W / 54.8805°N 4.8097°W |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway |
Pre-grouping | Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway Scottish Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
1862 | opened |
14 June 1965[1] | closed |
Glenluce station was a station open in 1862 on the former Port Road that was constructed on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway.[2][page needed]
It served the town of Glenluce and provided a strategic link between London Euston and the West Coast Main Line via Carlisle Citadel along the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway followed the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railway to the port at Stranraer for the ferries to Larne Harbour.[citation needed]
It was closed under the Beeching Axe in 1965.
References
- ^ Daniels, G.; Dench, L. Passengers No More.[full citation needed]
- ^ Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-049-7.
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