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Palnure railway station

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The goods station remained until 1959 and the station passing loop was lifted in 1952. A bad derailment took place in 1922 close to Palnure, and following an assessment of the state of the permanent way the Ministry of Transport placed the whole of the main line under a 45 mph restriction, until
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In 1894 the station had one platform on the northern side of the single line with a small station with outbuildings and a weighing machine. A single siding ran at an angle with a passing loop on the Newton Stewart side with a small building, a loading dock and a weighing machine. In 1907 the station
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Following the Beeching cuts closure of the Paddy Line in 1960s the station building was named Station House after its conversion into a private residence. A railway cottage also survives.
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had two platforms with a signal box on the northern side and a small shelter on the southern side. The Palnure Viaduct over the Palnure Burn near by on the line to
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was formed from the amalgamation of two railway companies, the Portpatrick Railway and the Wigtownshire Railway. The line was jointly owned by the
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The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present
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and was managed by the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Committee.
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Former Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway stations
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it was relaid and reballasted over a two-year period.
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Index

Newton Stewart
Kirkcudbrightshire
Portpatrick Railway
Caledonian
Glasgow & South Western
Midland
London North Western
Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway
Newton Stewart
Whithorn
Wigtown
Palnure
Kirkcudbrightshire
Creetown
Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway
Caledonian Railway
Glasgow & South Western Railway
Midland Railway
London & North Western Railway

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Butt (1995)


"Kirkcudbrightshire XXXIX.7 (Minnigaff; Penninghame)Publication date: 1894. Revised: 1894"
"Kirkcudbrightshire XXXIX.7 (Minnigaff; Penninghame) Publication date: 1908. Revised: 1907"

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