Carronbridge, Station
Railway Station (19th Century)
Site Name Carronbridge, Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Carron Bridge Station; Carronbridge Station; Carronbridge, The Old Station House
Canmore ID 169581
Site Number NS80SE 54
NGR NS 88002 01263
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/169581
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Durisdeer
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Note (8 March 2006)
NS80SE 54 88002 01263
The Old Station House [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map 1983.
Location formerly entered as NS 8800 0125.
For Carronbridge Viaduct (adjacent to S), see NS80SE 41.
This intermediate station on the Glasgow - Kilmarnock - Gretna ('Nith Valley') main line of the former Glasgow and South-Western Rly was opened (as Carron Bridge Station) on 28 October 1850. It was renamed Carronbridge Station on 1 January 1871, and closed to regular passenger traffic on 7 December 1953. The line remains in regular use by passenger traffic.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 March 2006.
R V J Butt 1995.
