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Holywood Station
Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Holywood Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Killylung Station
Canmore ID 212714
Site Number NX98SE 95
NGR NX 95365 81393
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/212714
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Holywood
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX98SE 95.00 95365 81393
Holywood Station [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, August 2009.
NX98SE 95.01 NX 95370 81414 Signal Box
This intermediate station on the Glasgow - Dumfries - Carlisle ('Nith valley') main line of the former Glasgow and South Western Rly was opened as Killylung Station by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr (Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle) Rly on 15 October 1849. It was renamed Holywood Station on 28 October 1850, and closed to regular passenger traffic on 26 September 1949. The line remains in regular use by passenger traffic.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 August 2009.
G Daniels and L Dench 1980; R V J Butt 1995.
