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enable efficient working of mail and other shipping. This work was essential also to railway operation, as the available land for a terminal was very cramped. A change of Government policy began to suggest that the harbour improvement works might not be funded, and the PPR, with limited funds for building its line, was alarmed that their obligation might be to build an unusable branch line; accordingly they had not built any of the main line from Stranraer. However, in 1861 the Government did in fact put the work in hand, and the PPR now accelerated the completion of their lines, and the line opened on 28 August 1862, after a Board of Trade inspection on 1 August 1862. The line ran to a town terminus at Portpatrick. To reach the harbour itself, a headshunt was provided beyond the station; a backshunt from there led to the harbour; due to the cramped site the headshunt was only sufficient for an engine and two coaches. The ordinary Portpatrick station was informally referred to as "the high station"; the line to the harbour descended very steeply, and was a plain single line without sidings.

1665:(CR), which therefore had access to Dumfries, and the PPR had asked the G&SWR for running powers over the CD&DR line, clearly intending to link with the CR. (The facility had been refused.) The G&SWR now hoped to acquire the PPR to fend off its rival. The PPR Directors were aggrieved at the bad faith of the G&SWR over the £40,000 subscription, and negotiated with the CR, who offered generous terms including the subscription of £40,000, matching the G&SWR offer. Provisional agreement to the working arrangement with the CR was finalised, and a Parliamentary Bill was prepared by the PPR, seeking running powers over the CD&DR line (and the short section of G&SWR at Dumfries); the Bill also sought to regularise the Stranraer East Pier, and to substantially increase authorised share capital. The Bill was passed by Parliament and became the Portpatrick Railway Act (No. 1) on 29 July 1864. The running powers had been secured. The working arrangement with the CR took effect on 4 December 1864. 1578:

own management" Evidently this had been foreseen, and provisional arrangements for the supply of locomotives had already been made, and this was quickly followed by contracts for rolling stock and for signalling equipment. The G&SWR had been confident that its terms for working the line would have to be accepted, and it was now angry at the emerging decision. It had subscribed £60,000 to the PPR on the assumption that the little Company would effectively belong to it, and had promised a further £40,000: it now made that sum conditional on an impossible contribution by the Belfast and County Down Railway. The breach was irreconcilable, made more so by the fact that the acid correspondence between the two companies was published as a pamphlet. Dalrymple, as Chairman, told his shareholders that the loss of the £40,000, though "attended with great inconvenience" need not "make any material, or at least, permanent, financial embarrassment".

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Railway shareholders. The sale value was £491,980, which included £10,000 of stock in the Larne and Stranraer Steamboat Company. The four owning railways: LNWR, MR, CR and G&SWR were to form a Joint Committee to manage the line, and the Portpatrick Railway Company and the Wigtownshire Railway Company were to be dissolved on 1 January 1886. The LNWR was granted running powers over the G&SWR between Dumfries and Castle Douglas, and the MR acquired running powers between Carlisle and Gretna Junction. The "Stranraer Section" Joint Committee would continue to administer the section between Challoch Junction and Stranraer, accessed by trains from the Girvan line, although these were worked entirely by the G&SWR.

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Castle Douglas, New Galloway, Creetown, Newton Stewart, Glenluce and Stranraer. A shareholders' special train ran on 11 March 1861 and a full public service started the following day, consisting of two passenger trains each way between Stranraer and Castle Douglas, and probably one goods train. The line had not yet opened to Portpatrick itself. The passenger trains conveyed three classes of passenger. In November the passenger service was augmented to three trains each way, possibly by converting the goods train to mixed operation. At this time the motive power fleet consisted of three 0-4-2 mixed traffic tender locomotives and an 0-6-0 locomotive loaned by the LNWR.

2038:) was installed on the line, enabling exchange of the single-line tablets at signal boxes at a higher speed than with manual exchange. Acceleration of the fast trains was planned, and the Traffic Manager, Hutchinson, asked of the Engineer, Melville, "I assume that there can be no objection to the inclusive speed of one of our trains being increased from 36 to 40 mph. The road, I take it, is as good as can be found anywhere." Melville replied "There can be no objection at all to the express trains running at the inclusive speed you refer to ..." The acceleration was applied from July 1901. 2376:, about a mile (2 km) north-east of the former Dromore station. It was the largest structure on the Portpatrick Railway, being a stone viaduct of twenty spans. In the early years of the twentieth century, it was in danger of failing and extensive repair work was carried out from 1926, including sheathing the piers in heavy brickwork and spandrel strengthening using old rails; the repairs considerably degraded its aesthetic appearance. It is class B listed. Its nearby sister ‘Little Water of Fleet viaduct’ was demolished for a RAF exercise ordered by Winston Churchill in 1946. 1973:—and it needed a Scottish partner: the G&SWR. The Midland was thinking strategically, wishing to recoup the expense of its long new trunk line, and it energised the G&SWR to do the same. The two companies formed a powerful Anglo-Scottish alliance. The rival Caledonian Railway was working the Portpatrick Railway line, and the Portpatrick Railway itself had become much more profitable in later years, paying a peak dividend of 4¾%. The CR working contract was due to expire in 1885 and the MR and G&SWR began to consider the implications. The CR and its English partner, the 1865: 1699:(G&PJR) received the Royal Assent; it would join with existing routes via Ayr, and connect in to the PPR at Challoch Junction, about 6½ miles (10½ km) east of Stranraer. At first, this was treated amicably by the PPR as it would shoulder a share of the costs of the port facilities at Stranraer and bring in mileage fees for the through running, but when the G&PJR agreed with the G&SWR to work its line, the Caledonian Railway, working the PPR line, became defensive. The G&PJR started public operation on 5 October 1877 in the face of CR obstruction. 1715:

of the steamers suffered damage during a crossing on 21 January 1868, the decision was taken to suspend the ferry operation. Once again the purpose of the PPR—to connect with Ireland—was frustrated. An independent company, the Donaghadee and Portpatrick Steam Packet Company now started a service, with a single vessel making at first two-round trips daily from 13 July 1868, cut back to one daily round trip from 21 September, but then discontinued from 31 October 1868. It appears likely that connecting trains used the ordinary Portpatrick station, not the Harbour terminal.

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from a new Millisle station, 7 chains (140 m) north of the original Garliestown station. In December 1877 a platform was provided at Broughton Skeog level crossing. There were four passenger (or mixed) trains each way daily on the Whithorn main line, and seven shuttle services on the Garliestown branch. As well as passengers, cattle were a dominant traffic from the agricultural activity in the area, and imports from the harbours also. Excursion steamers ran from Garliestown to the

291: 1201: 1029: 1788:. The agricultural land is the most productive in the area and the several ports served coastal and international shipping. Proposals were made in 1863 for a railway to be built in the area, but it was not until 1871 that sufficient interest in a railway scheme was generated. The proposed line was from Newton Stewart on the PPR southwards to Wigtown and nearly to Garliestown, then turning away to Whithorn. The divergence was due to the hostility of the 9th 1502:(G&SWR) was formed by amalgamation in 1850, on the opening of the main line which ran from Glasgow via Kilmarnock and Dumfries to Carlisle. When local interests promoted a railway branching from it at Dumfries and running to Castle Douglas, the G&SWR actively supported it, in fact subscribing £60,000 towards the little Company's capital. The G&SWR motives appear to have been a desire to secure the territory from their rival, the 1599: 183: 1977:(LNWR) naturally wished to retain control, and the power struggle reached a stalemate. The outcome was that all four parties offered to acquire the railway jointly, guaranteeing Portpatrick Railway shareholders 3½% on their holdings. This was an attractive offer, and after some negotiation on matters of detail, the arrangement was agreed upon, with the addition that the Wigtownshire Railway was to be included. 1587: 2383:

6½ miles (10½ km) at 1 in 80 to near Palnure. A less constant climb then led to a summit near the 40 milepost between Kirkcowan and Glenluce, then falling at a ruling gradient of 1 in 80 nearly to Challoch Junction. From Stranraer there was a stiff continuous climb at 1 in 72 to a summit at Colfin, at an elevation of 326 feet (99 m) above sea level, then a descent at 1 in 80 to Portpatrick.

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of Stranraer had constructed a "north landing place" and the PPR had built a deviation to the original Stranraer Pier branch to serve it. Although the sea passage from Stranraer to Irish destinations was longer than from Portpatrick, Stranraer was naturally sheltered and there was much more space for pier and railway accommodation. The Belfast and County Down Railway was extending its line to

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1939, a trial run was made with a 4-6-0, with the locomotive and tender separated at Stranraer to turn them. "There was no prospect of the 60 ft turntable being ready before late summer, so they laid longer rails, projecting at each end, on the existing 50 ft turntable. This allowed them to turn a Class 5 4-6-0. The class 5s began to work from Glasgow to Stranraer on 16 April 1939.

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However, the limitations of the little harbour became serious disadvantages as other more efficient rail-connected routes, via Liverpool, and later Holyhead became dominant. Portpatrick's nearest railhead was Ayr, 60 miles (96 km) away, and the Post Office discontinued use of Portpatrick for mails from 30 September 1849; much of the livestock traffic had already moved to other routes.

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accepted as the best that could be obtained. The Caledonian Railway proposed that this be regarded as income of the line, to which they would be entitled. As they had accepted the commercial risk of revenue income which was now lacking, this might seem reasonable; but the PPR successfully argued that this was not provided for in the Working Agreement, and they refused to share the money.

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April 1875 with some four-wheel coaches, thought to be second-hand from the LNWR. There were four journeys each way daily. There were no intermediate stations until May when platforms at Causewayend and Mains of Penninghame were ordered to be installed. There was not a frequent service here: the 10.20 a.m. and 4.20 p.m. trains called on Fridays only, Newton Stewart market day.

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Stranraer in the early morning, returning in the evening about 6.30 p.m. These were made up eventually to 16 coaches, each with a buffet car. Siding accommodation at Stranraer was terribly inadequate. They could service only one of those huge trains, so the Cardiff train had to be hauled to Ayr and back each day for servicing. Two Caley Class 3F 0-6-0s were put on this job.

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been in the road. This line was not authorised by Parliament, and it was paid for by separate subscriptions by the Directors. It opened on 3 April 1876, and four trains daily ran from Newton Stewart to the new Garliestown station; the earlier one was renamed Millisle and downgraded to goods service only. The track layout there involved a backshunt to reach Garliestown.

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places. The actual intermediate passing places were New Galloway, Dromore, Creetown, Newton Stewart and Glenluce. The CR wanted to add Crossmichael, Loch Skerrow, Kirkcowan and Dunragit. The PPR had imagined that signing the Working Agreement would release it from expenses like this, and in any case, hardly had any money to extend its facilities.

1815:, where he had been locomotive superintendent. Wheatley offered to do everything necessary to work and maintain the line for 65% of gross receipts. This seemed too good to be true but, taking Wheatley's misdemeanour into account, everything seemed in order, and Wheatley was given the working contract for five years from 31 July 1875. 1627:

reported "that the opening of this branch would be attended with danger to the public using it by reason of the incompleteness of the works". The PPR continued to operate the short branch nonetheless. However, the ferry service was loss-making, and was discontinued (together with the boat trains) from 31 December 1863.

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The line opened in July 1942. In the event the port was not needed, and only eighteen fully laden ocean-going vessels used the port during its lifetime. The port was closed after the war and the railway's last movement was a dismantling train in 1967. Smith speculates that if the port had been needed

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As locomotive designs developed, the difficult route of the Portpatrick an Wigtownshire line was unable to take advantage of large locomotive traction. Smith records that "At the end of March 1939 there came momentous news—official sanction for a 60 ft ; 4-6-0s to work to Stranraer". On 23 March

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In 1922 there was a bad derailment near Palnure. When the state of the permanent way was assessed, "the Ministry of Transport was a bit shocked ... so the entire PP&W main line was put under a 45 mph restriction till it could be reballasted and relaid. This was carried out in the next two years."

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So Wigtown and Garliestown had been reached, the latter by an unauthorised railway branch; but Whithorn interests had subscribed money to the railway, and it was still four miles (6 km) from their town. Energetic canvassing for share subscription proved to be successful, and enough money came in

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So the PPR made its own arrangements, and early in 1861 Captain H W Tyler made the formal inspection of the line over a three-day period. His only significant adverse comment was that the rail joints were not fished. The line was single throughout, worked by telegraph order; crossing stations were at

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The line was single track throughout, serving a region of very low population density, but it achieved significance by carrying heavy traffic, both passenger and goods, to and from northern Irish destinations through Portpatrick and Stranraer. The line closed in 1965 apart from the short section from

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Shankland and McGill were coming from Dumfries to Stranraer with the evening train. It was dark when they left Creetown—an' Jock says t'me, "Well, that's Newton Stewart noo". But as they descended the long bank, doubts assailed McGill. "Canny on, man, Jock" says I. Is there no a station aboot here?"

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The station called Garliestown was at the point of junction of the projected Whithorn line, but it was some distance from Garliestown itself. It was now decided to build a railway extension to Garliestown, and this was laid out on the north side of the road, whereas the authorised tramway would have

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A final attempt at a regular service started on 7 June 1873, but there was little patronage and it ceased five days later, on 12 July 1873. £500,000 had been expended on the harbour. In October 1874 the rails were lifted and moved to Newton Stewart to be used in the extension of siding accommodation

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Convinced that Irish traffic would be profitable, the CR acquired two small paddle steamers and operated a service between Stranraer and Belfast from 4 December 1865. The PPR was prevailed upon to support this venture financially; but Irish traffic suffered a severe decline at this time and when one

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The Caledonian Railway lost no time in imposing its presence; through traffic to Glasgow and Edinburgh was routed via Lockerbie and the CR. The CR was responsible for maintaining the PPR line, but soon requested additional facilities, such as siding accommodation at Stranraer and additional crossing

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The PPR was now (in 1863) in the position of having expended all its capital on building the line (and having been deprived of some promised funds from the G&SWR); losing money on revenue account; finding that the promised boom in mail traffic through Portpatrick was illusory; and observing that

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There were two daily trains in each direction between Stranraer and Portpatrick, one each way conveying goods also, but in October an express, not conveying Parliamentary (third class) passengers, was put on between Castle Douglas and Stranraer, making connection there with an Irish ferry. The burgh

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The Wigtownshire Railway opened as far as Wigtown to goods traffic on 3 March 1875 and to passengers on 7 April 1875; it was extended to the first "Garliestown" station on 2 August 1875, and again to the second Garliestown on 3 April 1876. The extension to Whithorn opened on 9 July 1877. The entire

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The Portpatrick Railway opened between Castle Douglas and Stranraer (later Town station) on 12 March 1861; from Stranraer to Portpatrick on 28 August 1862; and the East Pier branch at Stranraer (later Stranraer Harbour) on 1 October 1862. The Portpatrick Harbour section opened on 11 September 1868;

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In the 1895 public passenger timetable, the former Portpatrick Railway main line had four trains each way daily; the first down and last up were fast trains, with "Sleeping Saloon between Euston and Stranraer Harbour". The other trains ran only to or from Stranraer (Town), three each way continuing

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On 13 March 1883 Wheatley died suddenly. His son, W T Wheatley had for several years been assisting him on the line, and took over the working contract until the end of the Wigtownshire Railway's independent existence. The Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railways were vested on 1 August 1885 and

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At this time the planned construction of the line was to extend to Sorbie, as the available share subscriptions would only reach that far. However, Sorbie was a poor location for a terminal, and thoughts turned to reaching Garliestown, another two miles (3 km) further. Certain directors agreed

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Construction proceeded, although share subscription was not as full as hoped, and the Company started to consider working arrangements. The obvious sponsor was the Caledonian Railway, but the CR had lost money working the PPR and declined. The WR decided to work the line itself, and were pleasantly

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During this period the Government's intentions regarding the use of Portpatrick as a mail terminal clarified: there was now no prospect of this happening, and when the Government offered compensation of £20,000 and the transfer of ownership of the harbour at Portpatrick to the PPR, these terms were

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In the act of Parliament authorising the PPR, a clause had been entered penalising the Company if the short branch to the north pier at Portpatrick was not completed by August 1862. The company had accepted this obligation on the understanding that the Government would improve the little harbour to

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connecting Portpatrick to the national railway network, with a view to reviving the Donaghadee route. The Government indicated tentative support for such a sea connection, and for improving the harbour at Portpatrick, so the Committee proceeded ; on 19 September 1856 plans for the route of the

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The gradients on the Portpatrick Railway main line were severe: gently undulating from Castle Douglas to New Galloway, they then formed a stiff climb at 1 in 80 to Loch Skerrow, the alternately falling and rising at 1 in 76 to the summit at agethouse of Fleet. There was then an unbroken descent of

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Heavy expenditure on enhanced signalling and other works were incurred by the PPR, to be paid for by the G&PJR. However that Company was in deep financial difficulties, even more so than the PPR, and the matter went to the Court of Session. Notice of Interdict was served on 1 February 1882 and

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Portpatrick was a brute of a place to get out of—a great grinding curve, and an up-grade of 1 in 57, the whole in full track of the westerly gales, even in the rock cutting where the blow hole up at the Tailor's Peak let the salt spray in to coat the rails. The old single was coming up, and, not

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The harbour improvement works seemed to have been suspended and there was no sign of the transfer of the Post Office mail traffic—the original motivation for the entire PPR—to the route. There is no evidence of any passenger or goods terminal building on the harbour branch and it seems likely that

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to work the line by the original Act, and had offered to do so for 72% of gross receipts. This charge was considered excessive and negotiations took place which the PPR board considered unsatisfactory. On 28 March 1860, they decided that "the board should retain the working of the line under their

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were tabled. By now the CD&DR had obtained its authorising Act and the Portpatrick line would join it at Castle Douglas instead of going independently to Dumfries. The route east of Newton Stewart took a markedly northerly course through bleak terrain, and this may have been to avoid competing

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The Whithorn extension was ready for a ceremonial opening on 7 July 1877 and it was opened to the public on 9 July; a fifth engine, another 2-2-2 well tank, was obtained by Wheatley; formerly no. 31A of the NBR, it became WR no. 5. The Garliestown section was now operated as a shuttle branch line

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to subscribe further funds, amounting to £7,000 and the work was quickly put in hand. The line was opened throughout from Newton Stewart to a Garliestown station on 2 August 1875. Wheatley procured a second engine, no. 2, an 0-4-2 pannier tank, formerly an 0-4-2 tender engine, no. 146 of the NBR.

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The "north landing place" became known as the East Pier and rail connection with it was established, boat trains to and from Castle Douglas (with connections for Carlisle) started on 1 October 1862. This was in advance of the Board of Trade inspection by Captain Tyler, on 2 December 1862, when he

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Large numbers of troops were now stationed in Northern Ireland, and the ordinary passenger service proved quite inadequate for men going on leave to England and Wales. A special sailing had to be provided, with two large trains in connection. A train from London and one from Cardiff worked into

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A Parliamentary Bill was presented, proposing a vesting date of 1 August 1885. The Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railways (Sale and Transfer) Act was actually passed on 6 August 1885. 3½% guaranteed stock was issued, one for one to Portpatrick Railway shareholders, and one for two to Wigtownshire

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The section from Newton Stewart to Wigtown was ready for goods operation on 1 March 1875 and locomotive no. 1, a 2-2-2 well tank obtained by Wheatley from the NBR (their no. 32) arrived to take up its duties. Goods traffic started on 3 March 1875 and a passenger service to Wigtown was begun on 7

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in County Down. Irish cattle and horses were a dominant traffic early on, and Post Office mails developed later: by 1838 8,000 to 10,000 letters passed through the port daily, brought by road coach from Dumfries, and from Glasgow. A barracks was erected in the town to facilitate troop movements.

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Wheatley's operating contract expired on 31 July 1880 and in the absence of offers from the CR and G&SWR, the WR board negotiated a renewal with Wheatley, on slightly less favourable (to him) terms. Wheatley now brought another engine, no. 6, into the fleet he operated: an 0-6-0 saddle tank

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On 30 April 1856, before the CD&DR obtained its authorising Act of Parliament, a meeting was held in Wigtown at which it was agreed that Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire needed a railway connection, and on 26 May 1856 it was decided to build a railway to Dumfries; the intention included

1749:. This improved the finances of the PPR considerably, and the Company agreed to the use of a small shunting engine to take passenger coaches on to the East Pier at Stranraer; the flimsy structure had not previously been used and passengers had to walk along the unsheltered jetty to the ships. 1799:(WR) was authorised by Act of 18 July 1872, with capital of £96,000 and the usual one-third borrowing powers, only to be accessible if a certain proportion of shares had been subscribed. The 1½-mile (2 km) tramway could not be operated by locomotives, nor by stationary engine or as an " 1744:

If the Post Office was unwilling to support Portpatrick, they were not opposed to taking advantage of a route that did not need massive capital expenditure, and from March 1871 they agreed to pay £1,500 annually for the carriage of mail over the PPR, on the basis of trains running in direct

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that he had been using elsewhere on contract work. At about this time, the 2-2-2 no. 1 was rebuilt as a 2-4-0. The 0-4-0 no. 4 seems to have been unsatisfactory and after a period laid up, was converted to an 0-4-2 saddle tank; after the conversion this locomotive proved much more useful.

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The East Pier at Stranraer was owned and maintained by the Town Council. It had never been robust, and subsidence and other difficulties demanded urgent repairs in May 1876. The Council was unwilling to execute the work, costed at £6,000, and after considerable wrangling, the PPR obtained

2107:. This was a considerable undertaking. The new railway joined the Stranraer to Challoch line at Cairnryan Junction, about two miles (about 1 km) east of Stranraer, facing for trains approaching from the east. The point of junction was later moved closer to Stranraer, at Aird. 2010:"Whitna station?" says he. "Dod," says I, "I think they ca' it Palnyowr or something". So we stoppit, an gor, we were half a mile by it! So we backit up. There were nae signals, only a caun'le in the winda. Naebody gaed oot or got in, so we just gaed on tae Newton Stewart again." 1562:(£15,000). (Those three railways had the option of subscribing more in addition.) The main line was to be 60 miles 60 chains (98 km) in length from Castle Douglas to Portpatrick, with two short branches: to the west quay at Stranraer, and to the north pier at Portpatrick. 2522:

As a passenger station according to Butt; but Smith says goods only. Thorne says that in February 1877 the Board dictated that "the original Garliestown station at the junction be called Millisle" but this probably refers to this new station. Thorne also says that the term

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The construction process was put in hand, but the available funds were not sufficient to complete the line, and the PPR approached the other railways for further financial support; the Lancaster and Carlisle was reluctant but was urged by its sponsoring company, the

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Later in the war it was decided that an emergency west coast port should be established, to continue transatlantic trade in the event that Glasgow or Liverpool docks were disabled by enemy action. A new harbour facility was developed on Loch Ryan, called

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was authorised by Act of 1 August 1861. It was to run from Castle Douglas to Kirkcudbright. It opened for goods traffic on 17 February 1864, and to passengers on 15 August 1864. It was absorbed by the G&SWR the following year, on 1 August 1865.

1538:, but it sought alliances and for a time had hopes of forming its own trunk route to Scotland and the north of Ireland. This was ended when the G&SWR made it clear it would refuse running powers between Gretna Junction and Castle Douglas. 2770:

Correspondence between Viscount Dalrymple, Chairman of the Portpatrick Railway Company, and Sir Andrew Orr, Chairman, and James White Esq., Deputy Chairman, of the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company, published at Stranraer,

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Domestic operation did not change much at first; but the London trains ran from Dumfries to Carlisle via Annan rather than via Lockerbie, with a significant time saving. The MR put on a six-wheel Pullman sleeping car.

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The two Scottish companies were to share the operational control between them, although Joint Committee meetings seem to have taken place in London. Wheatley's rolling stock fleet was purchased at valuation (£6,400).

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connection with night mail trains on the main line. This encouraged the PPR to support a Larne and Stranraer Steamboat Company in running a daily return crossing on that route, from 1 July 1872; the vessel was the

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Goods services ran from Newton Stewart to Whithorn until the line closed on 5 October 1964. By the 1960s, these services ran three days per week; with conditional working on the Garlieston branch, when required.

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to Portpatrick. There was an additional short working from Newton Stewart to Stranraer (Town) and back. The Whithorn line had four trains each way, most of them having a connection both to and from Garliestown.

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At this time there were eight short workings each way between Stranraer and Dunragit, calling at Castle Kennedy. There were four G&SWR workings to and from Stranraer over the Challoch to Stranraer section.

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it is likely that passenger use ceased in November 1868, but the short line remained open until 1870. However Portpatrick railway station, which opened on 28 August 1862, remained open until 6 February 1950.

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An Act to authorise the construction by the Wigtownshire Railway Company of a Branch Railway to the Harbour of Garliestown, and the abandonment of their authorised Tramway to the said Harbour; and for other

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The Portpatrick Railway gave ready access from Portpatrick and Stranraer to Dumfries and English locations, but the connection from the City of Glasgow was ill-served. On 5 July 1865 an Act authorising the

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It emerged that the Wigtownshire line was in a very run-down state and engine power was frequently inadequate. The permanent way needed to be completely renewed (except on the Garliestown branch) in 1886.

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the independent existence of the Wigtownshire Railway took effect on 31 December 1885. The Wheatleys had served the little Company well in operating the line with the barest of financial resources.

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On the Stranraer to Portpatrick section, a three-span viaduct was necessary to cross the Piltanton Burn near Lochans; it had 36 ft 9in (11 m) spans with a height of 73 feet (22 m).

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The G&SWR now got a share of the working; their train crews had no familiarity with the route at first, and the Caledonian Railway refused to provide conductors. Smith recounts an early trip:

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At this time the G&SWR approached the PPR, offering to subscribe the denied £40,000 after all. It did so on 15 December 1863. Its motivation for this change of heart was alarm that the

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Signalling was upgraded on the Portpatrick line in 1886-1887, with electric train tablet instruments, and this was extended to the Challoch Junction - Stranraer section in 1887 - 1888.

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the Stranraer - Larne ferry was on the point of closing down. Moreover, the business of operating the railway directly had proven more complex and expensive than had been anticipated.

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and trains reverted to calling at the original Garliestown station. The railway continued to provide excursion trains to Garliestown in connection with steamer excursions until 1935.

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from 7 February G&PJR trains were not allowed to run over the PPR. The G&PJR terminated both passenger and goods trains at New Luce and the gap was covered by road transport.

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unusually, stuck. "Get back an' half yer train" instructed the driver. "H'ye a saaa?" inquired the fireman. Truly a saw would have been necessary, for they had only one coach on!"

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At this period loadings on the express trains was increasing, leading to operating difficulties, and from March 1904 it was indicated that the mail train would run in duplicate.

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It was about October that the new 60 ft turntable was ready at Stranraer. Class 5X 4-6-0s were drafted in, and were the mainstay of the Stranraer road throughout the war.

1953:(photograph before page 41) he reproduces a photograph of an 0-4-2; the caption reads "No. 17029, at one period no. 114. Fitted with tender cab for working Whithorn branch. In 3236: 2179:

The line closed from Castle Douglas to Challoch Junction on 14 June 1965. The Challoch Junction to Stranraer (Harbour) section remains in use for trains from Ayr via Girvan.

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Smith records that 36 troop trains traversed the line in April 1940 as British forces were built up in Northern Ireland against the possibility of an enemy invasion of the

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This was the spelling at the time; the Ordnance Survey maps use that spelling up to the 1947 edition; the seventh series one-inch map surveyed in 1951 is the first to use

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to let a contract to complete the line. Fresh parliamentary authority was obtained in the 1877 session to extend the share capital and to legalise the Garliestown branch.

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The town of Kirkcudbright was some way from the growing railway network, and in 1861 local interests presented a bill to Parliament for a line from Castle Douglas; the

1550:(PPR). With little opposition, it obtained its authorising Act on 10 August 1857. Capital was to be £460,000 with borrowing powers of £150,000, and three railways were 4498: 4634: 2133:

The former Wigtownshire Railway closed completely to passengers on 29 September 1950; and the Portpatrick to Stranraer Town section closed in stages in the 1950s.

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who owned extensive lands in the area. The harbour of Garliestown was to be reached by a short horse-operated tramway branch, running partly along the road.

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the PPR was doing the minimum to comply with the legal obligation, having realised that the Government-funded harbour improvements were now in doubt.

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While there was much enthusiasm locally for the new venture, it was important to obtain financial support from investors elsewhere. For a while the

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Portpatrick Harbour; passenger use started 11 September 1868; and ceased November 1868; the line remained available for goods movements until 1870.

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As early as 1620 Portpatrick had been established as the port for the short sea route between south-west Scotland and the north of Ireland, at

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The larger Company soon made advances to take over the CD&DR, and did so (formally on the basis of an amalgamation) on 1 August 1865.

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From 18 August 1871 another independent operator started a service between Donaghadee and Portpatrick. On 29 August the vessel, named

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The G&PJR managed to raise some money and cleared most of the indebtedness, and through train running resumed from 1 August 1883.

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As a visible indication of the decline of the port, the Portpatrick lighthouse was dismantled in 1871 and shipped to, and erected in

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at full capacity, the limited rail access over difficult single lines (from Dumfries and from Ayr) would have been challenging.

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and it appeared likely that a Stranraer - Larne ferry service would be more advantageous than a Portpatrick - Donaghadee one.

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David L. Smith gives two references to the use of tender-cab locomotives on the Whithorn line, at unspecified dates. In

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In this period the line was operated by train despatcher (rather than by a train staff system) until the late 1880s.

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Towards the end of the construction period the PR gave consideration to the working arrangements. The G&SWR were

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The Bill for the new line went to Parliament in the 1857 session, but the grand title was changed to the more modest

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The PPR itself was losing money too; the 1862 - 1863 revenue account showed a loss of £1,073 on turnover of £9,464.

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Millisle; opened 3 April 1876; moved a short distance south and renamed Millisle for Garliestown 1 March 1903;

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Regular passenger services ceased on the Garliestown branch on 1 March 1903; Millisle was then renamed

4478: 4098: 3922: 3897: 3887: 3502: 1970: 1469:. It also formed part of a route by rail and sea from England and Scotland to the north of Ireland. 4569: 4275: 4037: 3987: 3738: 3718: 3517: 2152: 2078: 1800: 4337: 4057: 4052: 3932: 3877: 3872: 3834: 3743: 3665: 3422: 3264: 2280:; renamed Stranraer Town 2 March 1953; closed to passengers 7 March 1966, and completely in 1994; 2216: 2183: 2156: 1662: 1503: 1413: 2547: 2474:

Smith says "required" on page 21, but on page 22 and page 28 it seems that this was negotiated.

1830:

The line between Garliestown and Wigtown may have closed to passengers briefly in August 1876.

1680:

Smith describes an incident illustrating the primitive state of Portpatrick Railway resources:

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to Portpatrick also closed in 1950; although Colfin to Stranraer remained open until 1959 for

2100: 2056: 1841:, an 0-4-0 tender engine converted from an 0-4-2 saddle tank from the same line became no. 4. 1477:

to Challoch Junction, which continues in use as part of the Glasgow - Ayr - Stranraer route.

1412:(WR) companies were amalgamated by Act of Parliament into a new company jointly owned by the 4438: 4352: 3982: 3302: 3279: 2202: 1893: 1789: 409: 4367: 4342: 4174: 4108: 4062: 4032: 3789: 3713: 3688: 3585: 1966: 1421: 3207: 3221: 2034:

In the first years of the century, the Manson tablet exchange apparatus (referred to as

4513: 4443: 3537: 3522: 2265: 2244: 2193: 2160: 1598: 1510:(CD&DR) opened on 7 November 1859 and was worked from the outset by the G&SWR. 456: 96: 2358:

Garliestown (second station); opened 3 April 1876; closed 1 March 1903; also known as

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traffic. After that trains ran only to the north-western termini: Stranraer Town and

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and managed by a committee called the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Committee.

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Wheatley now obtained two more locomotives: no. 3 was an 0-4-2 tender engine,

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was a network of railway lines serving sparsely populated areas of south-west

3216: 2274:; originally "East Pier"; remaining open and reverted to "Stranraer" in 1993; 1534:(GNR) was leading, offering £160,000. At the time the GNR was no closer than 1506:, as well as the formation of a first section of a route to Portpatrick. The 2484: 2277: 2250: 2136:

The main line closed on 12 June 1965 in consequence of the Beeching review.

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to Challoch Junction section is open; and is now served by services on the

1957:

he refers to "that old Millisle stalwart, No. 17440, with the tender cab".

1760:

parliamentary authorisation to take over the pier, by act of 28 June 1877.

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Loch Skerrow; opened after June 1861; renamed Lochskerrow 13 June 1955;

1777: 1730: 146: 1933:, and excursion trains ran in connection from Stranraer and Dumfries. 1446:

The Wigtownshire Railway, which ran from a connection with the PPR at

1033: 187: 1811:, who had (it transpired) recently resigned under a cloud from the 2196:; CD&DR station; also junction for the Kirkcudbright Railway;) 2138: 2089: 1979: 1837:

from the Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction Railway, and

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Garliestown (first station); opened 2 August 1875; also known as

1803:". The main line was to be just over 19 miles (31 km) long. 2123: 1752:

Late in 1875 a second, similar, steamer was commissioned, named

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Normally the butted ends of the rails are kept in alignment by

1404:. The title appeared in 1885 when the previously independent 1465:, via Castle Douglas, with the port towns of Portpatrick and 3212: 3203: 3161:

Legends of the Glasgow and South Western Railway in LMS Days

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Broughton Skeog; opened December 1877; closed 6 August 1885;

2311:

Mains of Penninghame; opened May 1875; closed 6 August 1885;

1961:

Formation of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railways

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had opened (on 1 September); that company was worked by the

1570:

to do so. The G&SWR subscribed an additional £40,000.

2975:. Stranraer: Stranraer and District Local History Trust. 2891:

Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology

2815: 2813: 3163:. Newton Abbot: David and Charles (Publishers) Limited. 2868:(reprinted ed.). Midhurst: Middleton Press. 2011 . 1969:(MR) was nearing completion of its line to Carlisle—the 1807:

surprised to receive a letter dated 7 January 1875 from

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A remarkable engineering structure on the line is the

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Locations on the Wigtownshire Railway main line were:

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Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain & Ireland

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Bradshaw's General Steam Navigation and Railway Guide

1527:

with coastal steamers on a more southerly alignment.

1517:

Plans for a railway in Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbright

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Chairman's address to Shareholders, quoted in Thorne

2074:

brought exceptional amounts of traffic to the line.

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Causewayend; opened May 1875; closed 6 August 1885;

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The Portpatrick Railway: formation and construction

123: 115: 110: 89: 75: 67: 59: 54: 34: 3529:Independent lines worked by the Caledonian Railway 3023:The Railways of Great Britain – A Historical Atlas 4655:London, Midland and Scottish Railway constituents 3908:Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company 4499:Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway 3841:Independent lines worked by the Highland Railway 2893:. Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. 2030:The Portpatrick Railway in the twentieth century 2228:Palnure; opened 1 July 1861; closed 7 May 1951; 4550:Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway 3152:Tales of the Glasgow and South Western Railway 1951:Tales of the Glasgow and South Western Railway 4307: 3237: 2308:(Newton Stewart: Portpatrick Railway station) 1649:Finding a sponsor for the Portpatrick Railway 8: 3025:. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing Limited. 2574:. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Limited. 1852: 1845:Wigtownshire Railway: completion of the line 1764:The Wigtownshire Railway: first construction 1558:(£40,000), the G&SWR (£60,000), and the 4489:Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company 2973:The Cairnryan Military Railway, 1941 - 1959 1690:The Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway 1398:Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railways 4484:Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway 4314: 4300: 4292: 4231:Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway 4003:Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge 3244: 3230: 3222: 2655:The Little Railways of South West Scotland 2572:Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies 2434:List of closed railway stations in Britain 2147:Major structures on the route include the 1851: 159: 132: 35:Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway 3973:Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction 2741: 2702:The Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railways 2599: 1659:Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway 4645:Railway companies disestablished in 1921 4585:Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway 4474:North and South Western Junction Railway 4419:Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway 2739: 2737: 2735: 2733: 2731: 2729: 2727: 2725: 2723: 2721: 2648: 2646: 2644: 2642: 2640: 2638: 2636: 2634: 2632: 2630: 2628: 2362:from February 1876, and later that year 1524:British and Irish Grand Junction Railway 4414:Cleator and Workington Junction Railway 3913:Charlestown Railway and Harbour Company 2750:. Prescot: T. Stephenson and Sons Ltd. 2695: 2693: 2691: 2689: 2626: 2624: 2622: 2620: 2618: 2616: 2614: 2612: 2610: 2608: 2565: 2563: 2561: 2559: 2540: 2496:Date implied, but not stated, by Smith. 2445: 2422:Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway 1697:Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway 1494:The Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway 134: 4635:Pre-grouping British railway companies 4459:Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway 4271:Rothesay and Ettrick Bay Light Railway 4200:Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint 4170:Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction 3963:Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway 3601:Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction 3182:. Newton Abbott: David & Charles. 2831:Bradshaw's Guide, referred to in Quick 1772:System map of the Wigtownshire Railway 1590:The Portpatrick Railway system, 1861-2 1582:Portpatrick Railway: operation to 1863 1443:because of its connection to Ireland. 31: 4680:British companies established in 1885 4640:Railway companies established in 1885 4322:Constituent railway companies of the 3958:Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway 3489:Lines built by the Caledonian Railway 3252:Historical Scottish railway companies 2958: 2946: 2934: 2852: 2840: 2819: 2804: 2789: 2340:"later in 1876"; closed 3 April 1876; 2163:, and the Glenluce viaduct, over the 1917:Text of statute as originally enacted 1780:lies south of Newton Stewart between 7: 4324:London, Midland and Scottish Railway 4154:Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness 4104:North British, Arbroath and Montrose 3631:Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr 3378:General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour 2922: 2061:London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1984:The P&WJ Railways system in 1885 1080: 1072: 4394:Brechin and Edzell District Railway 4236:Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway 3868:Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick 3699:Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction 3428:Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie 3135:. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. 3097:. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. 3064:Biddle, Gordon; Nock, O.S. (1983). 2657:. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. 2549:Dumfries & Galloway Curiosities 2410:Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway 1508:Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway 1418:Glasgow & South Western Railway 4675:1965 disestablishments in Scotland 4660:Transport in Dumfries and Galloway 4210:Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint 4013:Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh 3068:. London: Michael Joseph Limited. 2299:line closed on 25 September 1950. 2036:Manson's travelling tablet catcher 1776:The area of Galloway known as the 1431:The Portpatrick Railway connected 1426:London & North Western Railway 25: 4555:Furness and Midland Joint Railway 4545:Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway 4504:Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway 4469:Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway 4348:Glasgow and South Western Railway 3873:Anstruther and St Andrews Railway 3729:Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction 3353:Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie 3270:Glasgow and South Western Railway 3095:The Directory of Railway Stations 2998:Scottish Branch Lines 1955 - 1965 2094:Cairnryan Military Railway system 1500:Glasgow and South Western Railway 1457:The PPR route often known as the 983: 446: 399: 352: 4630:Early Scottish railway companies 4625:Closed railway lines in Scotland 4535:Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway 4449:Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway 4363:London and North Western Railway 4358:Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 4266:Perth, Almond Valley and Methven 3438:Perth, Almond Valley and Methven 3000:. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co. 2682:. Stranraer: Wigtown Free Press. 2452:The final word is in the plural. 2323:Whauphill; opened 2 August 1875; 2247:; junction station for Whithorn; 1975:London and North Western Railway 1870:Parliament of the United Kingdom 1863: 1568:London and North Western Railway 1350: 1329: 1328: 1322: 1321: 1299: 1277: 1255: 1248: 1224: 1217: 1199: 1186: 1179: 1155: 1148: 1126: 1104: 1079: 1071: 1062: 1027: 1014: 1007: 982: 960: 953: 931: 924: 902: 895: 873: 866: 844: 838: 837: 830: 806: 799: 792: 770: 763: 741: 734: 712: 705: 683: 676: 654: 647: 625: 618: 596: 590: 589: 565: 558: 536: 514: 492: 470: 445: 423: 398: 376: 351: 329: 307: 289: 276: 270: 269: 245: 238: 216: 181: 168: 40: 4670:1861 establishments in Scotland 4620:British joint railway companies 4540:Citadel Station Joint Committee 4088:Newburgh and North Fife Railway 4048:Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton 3795:Inverness and Aberdeen Junction 3621:Girvan and Portpatrick Junction 3473:Symington, Biggar and Broughton 3275:Great North of Scotland Railway 3066:The Railway Heritage of Britain 2352:and on the Garliestown branch: 2283:Colfin; closed 6 February 1950; 1560:Belfast and County Down Railway 1351: 1256: 1187: 1180: 1149: 1015: 961: 954: 932: 903: 845: 807: 800: 597: 566: 559: 277: 246: 239: 169: 27:Former railway line in Scotland 4580:Preston and Wyre Joint Railway 4509:Wick and Lybster Light Railway 4281:Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway 4256:Lealt Valley Diatomite Railway 4058:Leven and East of Fife Railway 4043:Kirkcaldy and District Railway 4018:Glasgow and Milngavie Junction 3850:Wick and Lybster Light Railway 3626:Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle 3413:Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire 1556:Lancaster and Carlisle Railway 1225: 1156: 925: 1: 4615:Beeching closures in Scotland 4575:Preston and Longridge Railway 4464:Maryport and Carlisle Railway 4134:Slamannan and Borrowstounness 3800:Inverness and Aviemore Direct 3704:Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla 3433:Paisley and Barrhead District 3393:Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock 3368:Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen 3358:Dunblane, Doune and Callander 2326:Sorbie; opened 2 August 1875; 1853:Wigtownshire Railway Act 1877 1300: 1278: 1249: 1218: 1063: 1008: 896: 874: 867: 831: 793: 771: 764: 742: 735: 713: 706: 684: 677: 655: 648: 626: 619: 537: 515: 493: 471: 424: 377: 330: 308: 217: 4650:Railway lines closed in 1965 4251:Invergarry and Fort Augustus 4195:Glasgow and Renfrew District 4149:West of Fife Mineral Railway 4139:Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway 4023:Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank 3810:Inverness and Perth Junction 3180:Forgotten Railways: Scotland 3047:"Big Water of Fleet Viaduct" 2680:Portpatrick Through the Ages 2420:At Challoch Junction to the 2059:the line became part of the 1127: 1105: 4596:(Full list of constituents) 4389:Arbroath and Forfar Railway 4373:North Staffordshire Railway 4226:Brechin and Edzell District 4124:Strathendrick and Aberfoyle 3928:Dunfermline and Queensferry 3770:Buckie and Portessie Branch 3606:Castle Douglas and Dumfries 3348:Crieff and Methven Junction 2570:Awdry, Christopher (1990). 2103:, and it was served by the 1602:Railways within Portpatrick 4696: 4434:Dundee and Newtyle Railway 4399:Callander and Oban Railway 4068:Monkland and Kirkintilloch 3820:Kyle of Lochalsh Extension 2463:Stewartry of Kirkcudbright 2403:Connections to other lines 2397:Glasgow South Western Line 2374:Big Water of Fleet Viaduct 2105:Cairnryan Military Railway 2081:. By the end of the year, 1849:United Kingdom legislation 1236:Stranraer Harbour Junction 1205:Cairnryan Military Railway 4593: 4404:Cathcart District Railway 4190:Glasgow and Paisley Joint 4008:Glasgow City and District 3611:Dalry and North Johnstone 3581:Ayrshire and Wigtownshire 3458:Scottish Midland Junction 3448:Rutherglen and Coatbridge 3418:Leadhills and Wanlockhead 3116:. Shepperton: Ian Allan. 2949:, pp. 93–94, 99–100. 2678:Cunningham, R.R. (1977). 2414:At Castle Douglas to the 2408:At Castle Douglas to the 2289:; closed 6 February 1950; 1862: 1857: 1634:The Kirkcudbright Railway 1359: 1344: 1337: 1315: 1308: 1293: 1286: 1271: 1264: 1242: 1233: 1211: 1173: 1164: 1142: 1135: 1120: 1113: 1098: 1089: 1056: 1001: 991: 976: 969: 947: 940: 918: 911: 889: 882: 860: 853: 824: 815: 786: 779: 757: 750: 728: 721: 699: 692: 670: 663: 641: 634: 612: 605: 583: 574: 552: 545: 530: 523: 508: 501: 486: 479: 464: 454: 439: 432: 417: 407: 392: 385: 370: 360: 345: 338: 323: 316: 301: 263: 257:Portpatrick Line Junction 254: 232: 225: 210: 162: 131: 39: 4565:Lancashire Union Railway 4409:Charnwood Forest Railway 4246:Hagdale Chromate Railway 4119:Stirling and Dunfermline 3993:Forth and Clyde Junction 3988:Fife and Kinross Railway 3830:Sutherland and Caithness 3815:Inverness and Ross-shire 3571:Ayr and Maybole Junction 3498:CR Cleland and Midcalder 3408:Lanarkshire and Ayrshire 3159:Smith, David L. (1980). 3154:. Shepperton: Ian Allan. 3150:Smith, David L. (1961). 3112:Casserley, H.C. (1968). 2653:Smith, David L. (1969). 2336:from February 1876, and 1971:Settle and Carlisle line 1669:Worked by the Caledonian 1554:to subscribe funds: the 4560:Goods Traffic Committee 4519:Yorkshire Dales Railway 4494:Solway Junction Railway 4205:Kilsyth and Bonnybridge 4114:The St. Andrews Railway 3893:Border Counties Railway 3883:Bathgate and Coatbridge 3561:Ardrossan and Johnstone 3403:Hamilton and Strathaven 3398:Greenock and Wemyss Bay 3388:Glasgow Central Railway 3021:Cobb, Col M.H. (2003). 2961:, pp. 104 and 110. 2889:Quick, Michael (2009). 2046:Millisle for Garlieston 577:Newton Stewart Junction 3968:Edinburgh and Northern 3943:Edinburgh and Dalkeith 3938:Edinburgh and Bathgate 3749:St Combs Light Railway 3591:Bridge of Weir Railway 3518:CR Hamiltonhill Branch 3463:Scottish North Eastern 2996:Gammell, C.J. (1978). 2704:. Usk: Oakwood Press. 2700:Fryer, C.E.J. (1991). 2144: 2095: 2088: 2012: 1985: 1773: 1687: 1603: 1591: 1532:Great Northern Railway 1038:Girvan and Portpatrick 4528:Former joint railways 4429:Dornoch Light Railway 4424:Dearne Valley Railway 4331:Constituent companies 4261:Lochaber Narrow Gauge 4185:Darvel and Strathaven 4144:West Highland Railway 4038:Kinross-shire Railway 4028:Kelvin Valley Railway 3948:Edinburgh and Glasgow 3845:Dornoch Light Railway 3724:Formartine and Buchan 3636:Greenock and Ayrshire 3566:Ayr and Dalmellington 3285:North British Railway 3178:Thomas, John (1976). 3131:Jowett, Alan (1989). 3114:Britain's Joint Lines 3093:Butt, R.V.J. (1995). 2746:Thorne, H.D. (1976). 2416:Kirkcudbright Railway 2268:; opened 1 July 1861; 2142: 2093: 2083: 2007: 1983: 1813:North British Railway 1771: 1682: 1641:Kirkcudbright Railway 1619:on the north side of 1601: 1589: 295:Kirkcudbright Railway 4479:North London Railway 4382:Subsidiary companies 4099:North Berwick Branch 3953:Edinburgh and Hawick 3933:East of Fife Railway 3923:Devon Valley Railway 3898:Border Union Railway 3684:Aberdeen and Turriff 3641:Kilmarnock and Troon 3383:Garnkirk and Glasgow 3217:Wigtownshire Railway 2748:Rails to Portpatrick 2527:occurs in July 1977. 2338:Garliestown Junction 2151:viaduct, across the 1797:Wigtownshire Railway 1454:, opened from 1875. 1410:Wigtownshire Railway 607:Mains of Penninghame 4665:Borders of Scotland 4570:North Union Railway 4276:Skye Marble Railway 4241:Dundee and Arbroath 4180:Dundee and Arbroath 4078:Montrose and Bervie 3998:Gifford and Garvald 3805:Inverness and Nairn 3661:Paisley and Renfrew 3483:Wishaw and Coltness 3333:Clydesdale Junction 3318:Arbroath and Forfar 3208:Portpatrick Railway 2971:Gill, Bill (1999). 2364:Garliestown Village 2159:viaduct across the 2079:Republic of Ireland 1997:P&WJR operation 1854: 1801:atmospheric railway 1548:Portpatrick Railway 1481:History: beginnings 1406:Portpatrick Railway 1361:Portpatrick Harbour 18:Portpatrick Railway 4338:Caledonian Railway 3835:Sutherland Railway 3780:Duke of Sutherland 3754:Strathspey Railway 3734:Keith and Dufftown 3689:Aboyne and Braemar 3666:Paisley Canal Line 3656:Maybole and Girvan 3651:Maidens and Dunure 3547:Glasgow and South 3533:Callander and Oban 3513:CR Hamilton Branch 3423:Lesmahagow Railway 3373:Forfar and Brechin 3265:Caledonian Railway 2217:Gatehouse of Fleet 2184:Kirkcudbrightshire 2161:Big Water of Fleet 2145: 2096: 1986: 1774: 1663:Caledonian Railway 1604: 1592: 1504:Caledonian Railway 1414:Caledonian Railway 1167:Cairnryan Junction 481:Gatehouse of Fleet 192:Castle Douglas and 4602: 4601: 4454:Knott End Railway 4289: 4288: 4083:Mallaig Extension 4073:Monkland Railways 3918:Coatbridge Branch 3825:Perth and Dunkeld 3775:Dingwall and Skye 3556:Ardrossan Railway 3523:CR The Switchback 3508:CR Douglas Branch 3343:Crieff and Comrie 3328:Cathcart District 3258:Primary companies 2875:978-1-908174-11-6 2822:, pp. 36–37. 2525:Millisle Junction 2393:Stranraer Harbour 2334:Garliestown Upper 2272:Stranraer Harbour 2128:Stranraer Harbour 2118:The section from 2101:Cairnryan Harbour 1922: 1921: 1894:40 & 41 Vict. 1858:Act of Parliament 1754:Princess Beatrice 1710:Shipping services 1475:Stranraer Harbour 1394: 1393: 1390: 1389: 1386: 1385: 1382: 1381: 1266:Stranraer Harbour 1092:Challoch Junction 1050: 1049: 818:Millisle Junction 434:Loch Skerrow Halt 204: 203: 16:(Redirected from 4687: 4439:Harborne Railway 4353:Highland Railway 4316: 4309: 4302: 4293: 3983:Eyemouth Railway 3785:Findhorn Railway 3763:Highland Railway 3677:Scotland Railway 3576:Ayr to Mauchline 3453:Scottish Central 3443:Polloc and Govan 3363:Dundee and Perth 3303:Aberdeen Railway 3280:Highland Railway 3246: 3239: 3232: 3223: 3193: 3174: 3155: 3146: 3127: 3108: 3080: 3079: 3061: 3055: 3054: 3043: 3037: 3036: 3018: 3012: 3011: 2993: 2987: 2986: 2968: 2962: 2956: 2950: 2944: 2938: 2932: 2926: 2920: 2905: 2904: 2900:978-0-901461-575 2886: 2880: 2879: 2862: 2856: 2850: 2844: 2838: 2832: 2829: 2823: 2817: 2808: 2802: 2793: 2787: 2781: 2778: 2772: 2768: 2762: 2761: 2743: 2716: 2715: 2697: 2684: 2683: 2675: 2669: 2668: 2650: 2603: 2597: 2586: 2585: 2567: 2554: 2551:by David Carroll 2545: 2528: 2520: 2514: 2503: 2497: 2494: 2488: 2481: 2475: 2472: 2466: 2459: 2453: 2450: 2143:Glenluce Viaduct 1867: 1866: 1855: 1790:Earl of Galloway 1354: 1353: 1332: 1331: 1325: 1324: 1303: 1302: 1281: 1280: 1259: 1258: 1252: 1251: 1228: 1227: 1221: 1220: 1203: 1202: 1190: 1189: 1183: 1182: 1159: 1158: 1152: 1151: 1130: 1129: 1108: 1107: 1083: 1082: 1075: 1074: 1066: 1065: 1045:Junction Railway 1034: 1031: 1030: 1018: 1017: 1011: 1010: 986: 985: 964: 963: 957: 956: 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