View from NNW showing NW and NE fronts of station house
SC 766481
Description View from NNW showing NW and NE fronts of station house
Date 14/8/1970
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 766481
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Pinwherry Station, South Ayrshire This shows the station building from the north-east. It has a dwelling house on the first floor, hence the retention of this structure after the end of passenger services. It is built of whinstone, with sandstone dressings. At the time this railway was built, Portpatrick was the port for the short crossing of the Irish Sea. It was subsequently supplanted by Stranraer, and this line has been retained to serve the ferry pier as well as the town, which is the largest in Wigtownshire. This station was on the Girvan & Portpatrick Railway, opened in 1877. The line ran though difficult country, and was single-track, with passing places, one of which was at this station, which served a scattered rural community. The station closed in the 1960s, but the loop is still in use. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/70/49/30
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