Loch Skerrow Halt railway station served the burgh of Skerrow, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway.
Loch Skerrow Halt | |
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.jpg) The site of the station in 2019 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Skerrow, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland |
| Coordinates | 54°59′22″N 4°10′27″W / 54.9895°N 4.1743°W |
| Grid reference | NX609682 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1871 | opened as non-advertised. |
| 13 June 1955 | Advertised as public station |
| 9th September 1963 | regular advertised service withdrawn |
| 15th June 1965 | completely closed |
History edit
The station was opened as a public station on 13 June 1955 by British Railways. It had a siding and a signal box. The purpose of the station was to split the signalling section between New Galloway and Gatehouse of Fleet. With a sparse local population, there was little need for a station, so it closed to regular passengers on 9 September 1963.[1][2] It remained an unadvertised station and was used occasionally until the line was closed in 1965.[3]
Popular culture edit
Richard Hannay, the hero of the 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps, by John Buchan, reputedly got off a train here, fearing that he had become the prime suspect in a couple of murders in London.[3][4]
References edit
- ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 260. OCLC 931112387.
- ^ "Loch Skerrow Halt". Canmore. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ a b Dumfries & Galloway Curiosities by David Carroll - Google Books
- ^ Jack, Ian (9 February 2021). "A tunnel linking Scotland and Northern Ireland? Fantasy has replaced British modesty". The Guardian.
External links edit
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| New Galloway Line and station closed |
Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway | Gatehouse of Fleet Line and station closed |
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