Dalbeattie railway station

Dalbeattie
Dalbeattie
	The site of the station in 1991
General information
Location	Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway; Scotland
Coordinates	54°56′06″N 3°49′37″W / 54.935003°N 3.826944°W
Grid reference	NX 83050 61559
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway; British Rail (Scottish Region)
Key dates
7 November 1859	Opened
14 June 1965	Closed

Dalbeattie railway station served the town of Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland from 1859 to 1965 on the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway.

History[edit]

The station opened on 7 November 1859 by the Glasgow and South Western Railway.^[1] To the west was the signal box and a siding to the north which served Dalbeattie Creamery.

The goods yard was situated to the south of the line and was equipped with a 7 ton crane, the yard was able to accommodate live stock.^[2]^[3] The station was host to a LMS caravan in 1935 and 1936 and possibly in 1937.^[4]

The station, as well as the signal box and the line, closed on 14 June 1965.^[5]

Station site today[edit]

The down platform building was demolished after closure and they were eventually infilled when a bus station replaced the station. The up platform building was kept but the bus station eventually closed and the building demolished. They remained until Station Drive was built upon its site.

References[edit]

^ "Dalbeattie, Station Road, Station". Canmore. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ "Dalbeattie station on OS 25inch map Kirkcudbrightshire XLIII.7 (Buittle; Urr)". National Library of Scotland. 1894. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
^ The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. p. 152. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
^ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 22. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
^ Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 155. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Buittle Line and station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway		Southwick (Dumfries & Galloway) Line and station closed

External links[edit]

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[DalbeattieStationInfo-1] "Dalbeattie, Station Road, Station". Canmore. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[2] "Dalbeattie station on OS 25inch map Kirkcudbrightshire XLIII.7 (Buittle; Urr)". National Library of Scotland. 1894. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[3] The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. p. 152. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.

[4] McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 22. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.

[Quick-5] Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 155. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.

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