Millisle

Millisle for Garlieston[1]
The old railway near Millisle Station
General information
LocationGarlieston, Wigtownshire
Scotland
Grid referenceNX463463
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyWigtownshire Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian, Glasgow & South Western, Midland and London North Western Railways
Key dates
1 March 1903[2]Opened
25 September 1950[2]Closed to passengers
1964closed completely

Millisle, later Millisle for Garlieston[1] was a railway station that was near the junction for Garlieston 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. The line was closed to passenger services in 1950, and to goods in 1964.

History

The station replaced Garliestontown that lay to the north and opened as a terminus in 1876.[2] A shed was located there which was a combined goods shed and engine shed. A passing loop was present and a single platform at the station.

Regular passenger services ceased on the Garlieston branch on 1 March 1903; Millisle was then renamed as Millisle for Garlieston.[2]

The station master's house survives as a private dwelling named Kilfillan Croft.[3]

Micro-history

A Millisle Road Halt railway station existed on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast to Donaghadee in Northern Ireland.

Other stations

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 RCAHMS Retrieved : 2013-01-11
  2. 1 2 3 4 Butt, Page 160
  3. ↑ Visit Scotland Retrieved : 2013-01-11
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.
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Preceding station Historical railways Following station
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Line and station closed		   Caledonian, Glasgow & South Western,
Midland and London North Western Railways
Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway
   Garlieston
Line and station closed
    Broughton Skeog
Line and station closed

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