The Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway was a railway in Galloway in the south west of Scotland which linked Castle Douglas in Kirkcudbrightshire to Dumfries...
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Stranraer. The Beeching cuts ended the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway and Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railway has resulted in adverse mileage to connect...
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Castle Douglas (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Dhùghlais) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies in the lieutenancy area of Kirkcudbrightshire...
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the town. The Beeching Axe cutting the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway and Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railway has resulted in adverse mileage to connect...
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Kirkcudbrightshire (section Railways)
Kirkcudbright Railway was a railway branch line linking Kirkcudbright to the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway at Castle Douglas. It opened in 1864, and closed...
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Castle Douglas railway station served the town of Castle Douglas, in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in the administrative area of Dumfries...
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Maxwelltown railway station was a station in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, located on the Dumfries-to-Stranraer direct railway line. It served the...
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Kirkcudbright Railway was a railway branch line linking Kirkcudbright to the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway at Castle Douglas. It opened in 1864, and closed...
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Loch Carrutherstown Carsphairn Castle Douglas, Castle Douglas Art Gallery, Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway Castle Kennedy Chapelcross nuclear power...
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The Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway was a railway in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It connected Dumfries with Lockerbie via Lochmaben. Promoted independently...
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Kilmarnock and Dumfries to Carlisle. When local interests promoted a railway branching from it at Dumfries and running to Castle Douglas, the G&SWR actively...
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Kirkgunzeon railway station served the village of Kirkgunzeon, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland from 1859 to 1950 on the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway. The...
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Killywhan railway station served the hamlet of Killywhan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland from 1859 to 1959 on the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway. The...
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Lochanhead railway station served the settlement of Lochanhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland from 1859 to 1965 on the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway. The...
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1859 to 1965 on the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway. The station opened on 7 November 1859 by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. To the west was...
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Glasgow South Western Line (category Transport in Dumfries and Galloway)
Galloway on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway and Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway, leaving the present Y-shaped railway. The former G&SWR terminus...
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of signalling and primitive interlocking at Dumfries: In 1859 the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway formed a junction at Dumfries, and at the request...
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Dalbeattie railway station served the town of Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland from 1859 to 1965 on the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway. The...
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1862 to 1894 on the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway. The station opened in July 1862 by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. Trains only called...
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to Castle Douglas & Dumfries. Services beyond here to Portpatrick had previously ended in 1950. Though closed to passenger traffic, the station and surrounding...
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programme claimed neighbouring lines, including the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway and Portpatrick Railway (the "Port Road") in 1965; this resulted in a...
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Maxwelltown (category Dumfries and Galloway geography stubs)
Maxwelltown railway station in the Summerhill area on the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway closed in 1965. "Maxwelltown". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved...
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Castle Douglas St Andrew Street railway station served the town of Castle Douglas, in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in the administrative...
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(/ˈænən/ AN-ən; Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Anainn) is a town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. Historically part of Dumfriesshire...
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rail route from Dumfries to Stranraer which comprised the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway and Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway. Oslo Port Line...
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direct line to Stranraer via Castle Douglas as part of the Beeching cuts in 1965. Part of the disused railway track in Dumfries was later converted to a cycle...
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Wigtownshire (redirect from Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway)
Gilmour Street and Glasgow Central as well as Kilmarnock. The Beeching cuts cut off the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway and Portpatrick Railway in 1965 resulting...
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not the village. Killywhan railway station nearby was open from 1859 to 1959 on the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway. The Loch Arthur Community at...
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The Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway was a railway company in Scotland, which constructed the line from near Cumnock to Gretna Junction, forming...
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Lockerbie and the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway at Dumfries. Opened by a small local independent company, the Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerby Junction...
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