Loch Skerrow Halt | |
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![]() The site of the station in 2019 | |
General information | |
Location |
Skerrow,
Dumfries and Galloway Scotland |
Coordinates | 54°59′22″N 4°10′27″W / 54.9895°N 4.1743°W |
Grid reference | NX609682 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway |
Key dates | |
1871 | opened as non-advertised. |
13 June 1955 | Advertised as public station |
9 September 1963 | regular advertised service withdrawn |
15 June 1965 | completely closed |
Loch Skerrow Halt railway station served the burgh of Skerrow, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway.
The station was opened as a public station on 13 June 1955 by British Railways. It had a siding and a signal box. The purpose of the station was to split the signalling section between New Galloway and Gatehouse of Fleet. With a sparse local population, there was little need for a station, so it closed to regular passengers on 9 September 1963. [1] [2] It remained an unadvertised station and was used occasionally until the line was closed in 1965. [3]
Richard Hannay, the hero of the 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps, by John Buchan, reputedly got off a train here, fearing that he had become the prime suspect in a couple of murders in London. [3] [4]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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New Galloway Line and station closed |
Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway |
Gatehouse of Fleet Line and station closed |