Holywood
General information
Location	Dumfries and Galloway Scotland
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
15 October 1849	Opened as Killylung [1]
28 October 1850	Renamed as Holywood [1] [2]
1920	Relocated
26 September 1949	Closed

Holywood railway station was a railway station in Dumfries and Galloway north of Dumfries.

History

The station opened on 15 October 1849 as Killylung. ^[1] Within a year it was renamed as Holywood. ^[2] The station had 2 platforms, originally to the north of the level crossing but later moved to the south of it in order for a loop to be created to the east. ^[3]

The station is now closed, although the line through the station is still open. One platform still exists and a level crossing controlled by a signal box. The small village of Holywood with its church stands a little way off and the old creamery stands close by to the station site.

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Views of Holywood signal box and level crossing

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  The old station platform and line looking Dumfries
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  Holywood signal box
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  Detail of the level crossing gates
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  Looking towards Auldgirth

References

Notes

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.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN  978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC  22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN  978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC  228266687.

External links

• Video and commentary on Holywood Railway Station.

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