Parton Station
Railway Station (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Site Name Parton Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Canmore ID 214001
Site Number NX67SE 57
NGR NX 69159 70107
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/214001
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Parton
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX67SE 57 69159 70107
Parton Railway Station is no longer in use as such with the closure of the railway line between Castle Douglas to Gatehouse of Fleet in Dr Beeching's railway cuts of the 1960s. It has now been converted into a private residence bearing the name Parton Station.
Information from RCAHMS (LKFJ), April 2002.
This intermediate station on the Castle Douglas - Stranraer 'Port Road' of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Rly was opened (by the Portpatrick Rly) on 12 March 1861. It closed to regular passenger traffic (with the line as a whole) on 14 June 1965.
This station is depicted (but noted) on the 1984 edition of the OS 1:10,000 map.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 July 2006.
R V J Butt 1995.
