Palnure railway station

Palnure railway station (NX450634) was a railway station on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway close to Newton Stewart and the junction for the branch to Whithorn via Wigtown. It served the small village of Palnure in a rural area of the old county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Parish of Minnigaff, Dumfries And Galloway.

Palnure
LocationNewton Stewart, Kirkcudbrightshire
Scotland
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyPortpatrick Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian, Glasgow & South Western, Midland and London North Western Railways
Key dates
1 July 1861[1]Opened
7 May 1951[1]Closed to passengers
Line closed completely14 June 1965[1]

Infrastructure

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.[2] In 1907 the station had two platforms with a signal box on the northern side and a small shelter on the southern side.[3] The Palnure Viaduct over the Palnure Burn near by on the line to Creetown.[4][2]

History

The Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway was formed from the amalgamation of two railway companies, the Portpatrick Railway and the Wigtownshire Railway. The line was jointly owned by the Caledonian Railway, Glasgow & South Western Railway, Midland Railway and the London & North Western Railway and was managed by the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Committee.

The goods station remained until 1959 and the station passing loop was lifted in 1952.[5] 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 was put under a 45 mph restriction until over a two-year period it was relaid and reballasted and relaid.

The site today
The Portpatrick Railway system, 1861-2

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.[4] A railway cottage also survives.

See also

References
Notes
  1. Butt (1995), p. 180.
  2. "Kirkcudbrightshire XXXIX.7 (Minnigaff; Penninghame)Publication date: 1894. Revised: 1894". Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  3. "Kirkcudbrightshire XXXIX.7 (Minnigaff; Penninghame) Publication date: 1908. Revised: 1907". Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  4. "Palnure railway station". Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  5. "RailScot - Palnure". Retrieved 16 October 2018.
Sources
  • Butt, R. V. J. (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.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Creetown
Line and station closed		   Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway   Newton Stewart
Line and station closed


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