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Kirkinner was a railway station 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. Kirkinner is an area and village, 3 miles from Wigtown, bounded on the east by the bay of Wigtown, along which it extends for about three miles, and on the north by the River Bladnoch.

Kirkinner
Site of the station in 2000
General information
Location	Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland
Grid reference	NX420517
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Wigtownshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 August 1875 (1875-08-02)	Station opened[1]
25 September 1950 (1950-09-25)	Station closed[1]

History

The Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway was formed from the amalgamation of two railway companies: The Portpatrick Railway and the Wigtownshire Railway, which got into financial difficulties; they merged and were taken over.[2]

A station master's house was provided.[3] In 1908 the station is shown as having a passing loop, a single platform, two sidings, a weighing machine, a ticket office and waiting room, all sitting within a cutting.[4]

Other stations

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

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Wigtown Line and station closed		Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway		Whauphill Line and station closed

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

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.
• Casserley, H.C.(1968). Britain's Joint Lines. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0024-7.

External links

• Disused stations
• RailScot

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