Kirkland railway station

Kirkland
Location
Place Dunscore
Area Dumfries and Galloway
Operations
Original company Cairn Valley Railway
Pre-grouping Glasgow & South Western
Platforms 1
History
1 March 1905 Opened
3 May 1943 Closed to passengers
4 July 1949 Closed to freight
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Kirkland railway station (NX810897) was one of the minor stations on the Cairn Valley Light Railway branch, from Dumfries. It served the rural area around Kirkland as a request stop, close to the terminus at Moniaive in Dumfries and Galloway The line was closed to passengers during WW2.[1]

History

The CVR was nominally independent, but was in reality controlled by the Glasgow and South Western Railway.[2] The line was closed to passengers on 3 May 1943, during WW2[1] and to freight on 4 July 1949,[3] and the track lifted in 1953.

The station had a simple tin shelter and a short siding with a loading bank. A station master's house was provided, designed by the company with a pyramid roof truncated by a central chimney stack.[4] The shelter had been demolished by 1949. [5] The stationmaster's house survives as a private dwelling.

The siding was worked by down trains only, goods for Dumfries being taken to the nearest station along. The points were unlocked with an Annett's key that was kept in a locked box on a post adjacent to the point.[6]

Trains were controlled by a 'lock and block' system whereby the trains operated treadles on the single line to interact with the block instruments.[2]

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References

Notes
  1. 1 2 Awdry, page 64
  2. 1 2 Sanders, page 50
  3. ↑ Thomas, page 203
  4. ↑ Kirkpatrick, Page 21
  5. ↑ Kirkpatrick, Page 71
  6. ↑ Kirkpatrick, Page 91
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External links

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Crossford   Glasgow and South Western Railway
Cairn Valley Railway		   Moniaive

Coordinates: 55°11′14″N 3°52′09″W / 55.1872°N 3.8692°W / 55.1872; -3.8692

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