Millisle, later Millisle for Garlieston[1] was a railway station that was near the junction for Garlieston on the Wigtownshire Railway branch line, from Newton Stewart to Whithorn, of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway. It served a rural area in Wigtownshire. The line was closed to passenger services in 1950, and to goods in 1964.

Millisle Millisle for Garlieston[1]
The old railway near Millisle Station
General information
Location	Garlieston, Wigtownshire Scotland
Grid reference	NX463463
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Wigtownshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian, Glasgow & South Western, Midland and London North Western Railways
Key dates
1 March 1903[2]	Opened
25 September 1950[2]	Closed to passengers
1964	closed completely

History

The station replaced Garliestontown that lay to the north and opened as a terminus in 1876.[2] A shed was located there which was a combined goods shed and engine shed. A passing loop was present and a single platform at the station.

Regular passenger services ceased on the Garlieston branch on 1 March 1903; Millisle was then renamed as Millisle for Garlieston.[2]

The station master's house survives as a private dwelling named Kilfillan Croft.[3]

Micro-history

A Millisle Road Halt railway station existed on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast to Donaghadee in Northern Ireland.

Other stations

• Newton Stewart - junction
• Causewayend
• Wigtown
• Kirkinner
• Whauphill
• Sorbie
  • Garlieston
• Broughton Skeog
• Whithorn

References

Notes

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

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