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Glenluce railway station

Coordinates: 54°52′50″N 4°48′35″W / 54.8805°N 4.8097°W / 54.8805; -4.8097
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Glenluce
General information
LocationGlenluce, Dumfries and Galloway
Scotland
Coordinates54°52′50″N 4°48′35″W / 54.8805°N 4.8097°W / 54.8805; -4.8097
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyPortpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway
Pre-groupingPortpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Scottish Region of British Railways
Key dates
1862opened
14 June 1965[1]closed

Glenluce station was a station open in 1862 on the former Port Road that was constructed on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway.[2][page needed]

Glenluce station grounds in 1996.

It served the town of Glenluce and provided a strategic link between London Euston and the West Coast Main Line via Carlisle Citadel along the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway followed the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railway to the port at Stranraer for the ferries to Larne Harbour.[citation needed]

It was closed under the Beeching Axe in 1965.

References

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  1. ^ Daniels, G.; Dench, L. Passengers No More.[full citation needed]
  2. ^ Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-049-7.