Sorbie (NX4351447562) was a railway station that was located close to the village of

Sorbie Sorbie ( gd, Soirbidh) is a small village in Wigtownshire, Machars, within the Administration area of Dumfries and Galloway Council, Scotland. It is located midway between Wigtown and Whithorn on the A714 road. Farming forms the principal loc ...

on the then Wigtownshire Railway branch line to

Whithorn Whithorn ( �ʍɪthorn 'HWIT-horn'; ''Taigh Mhàrtainn'' in Gaelic), is a royal burgh in the historic county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about south of Wigtown. The town was the location of the first recorded Christia ...

, from

Newton Stewart Newton Stewart ( Gd: ''Baile Ùr nan Stiùbhartach'') is a former burgh town in the historical county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland. The town is on the River Cree with most of the town to the west of the river, and ...

, later becoming the

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 ...

. It served a very rural district in

Wigtown Wigtown ( (both used locally); gd, Baile na h-Ùige) is a town and former royal burgh in Wigtownshire, of which it is the county town, within the Dumfries and Galloway region in Scotland. It lies east of Stranraer and south of Newton Stewart. ...

shire, however it lay next to a creamery, a waulk mill and Creech Mill. The station closed for passengers in 1950, and the line closed to goods in 1964.25 Inch 1894 OS Map
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History

The nearby road was diverted via an overbridge and the single platformed station with signalbox, ticket office, etc. built on its old course. The single track line had a passing loop and a single siding beside a loading dock with a weighing machine present in 1895 and 1906. The original station was rebuilt after a fire in 1880 by the Wigtownshire Railway. The stationmaster's house and station building still survive as private dwellings (datum 2013). The Sorbie creamery was built opposite the station in 1892, and until 1991 it produced cheddar cheese when all local cheese production was concentrated at Stranraer. At a siding near the station, a small slaughterhouse operated, sending lamb as carcases for the Smithfield market in London. Meat or milk could be put on the train in the early evening to be in London, Liverpool, or Newcastle next morning.Whithorn History
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Other stations

- junction * Causewayend *

Kirkinner Kirkinner ( gd, Cille Chainneir, IPA: �kʰʲiʎəˈxaɲɪɾʲ is a village in the Machars, in the historical county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. About southwest of Wigtown, it is bounded on the east by the bay of Wigtown ...

Whauphill Whauphill is a small village located in the historical county of Wigtownshire in the Machars, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Whauphill is a hub that supports the local industry, predominantly farming and agriculture. There are two tractor s ...

Millisle Millisle or Mill Isle (from Scots ''mill'' + ''isle'', meaning "the meadow of the mill") is a village on the Ards Peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is about south of Donaghadee. It is situated in the townlands of Ballymacruise () ...

** Garlieston * Broughton Skeog *

* List of closed railway stations in Britain

References

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

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Disused stations
{{s-end Disused railway stations in Dumfries and Galloway Former Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1875 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1950