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Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway The Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint RailwaysThe final word is in the plural. was a network of railway lines serving sparsely populated areas of south-west Scotland. The title appeared in 1885 when the previously independent Portpatrick Rai ...

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shire and was named after the nearby farm. Although the station closed as far back as 1885 the line was not closed to passenger services until 1950, and to goods in 1964.

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. The station stood close to a controlled level crossing and was reached by a short lane which

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maps show had a crossing keeper's hut. After the station was closed an unusual siding remained for some years with centrally positioned points. Signals controlling the crossing may have been housed within the small building shown on the map. By 1907 the signals and siding had been removed.25 Inch 1907 OS Map
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* List of closed railway stations in Britain

References

;Notes ;Sources * * Casserley, H.C.(1968). Britain's Joint Lines. Shepperton: Ian Allan. .

External links

Disused stations

Photograph of Broughton Skeog station site

Broughton Skeog site looking north
Disused railway stations in Dumfries and Galloway Former Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1877 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1885 {{DumfriesGalloway-railstation-stub