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Castle Douglas Station
Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Castle Douglas Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Canmore ID 64650
Site Number NX76SE 37
NGR NX 76889 62832
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/64650
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kelton
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX76SE 37 76889 62832.
This intermediate station on the Gretna-Stranraer line (the 'Port Road') of the former Glasgow and South Western Rly was opened (by the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Rly) on 7 November 1859. It closed to regular passenger traffic (with the line as a whole) on 14 June 1965.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 February 2000.
R V J Butt 1995.
