Buittle railway station

Buittle railway station, also known as Buittle Halt, Buittle Mill and Buittle Mill Halt, served the civil parish of Buittle, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland from 1862 to 1894 on the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway.

Buittle
The site of the station in 2008
LocationBuittle, Dumfries and Galloway
Scotland
Coordinates54.9569°N 3.8585°W / 54.9569; -3.8585
Grid referenceNX810640
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGlasgow and South Western Railway
Pre-groupingGlasgow and South Western Railway
Key dates
July 1862 (1862-07)Opened
1 August 1894 (1894-08-01)Closed

History

The station opened in 1862 by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. Trains only called here on Wednesday with one in each direction. The station closed in 1894 when the line was doubled.[1]

References

  1. "RAILSCOT - Buittle". Railscot. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Castle Douglas
Line and station closed
  Glasgow and South Western Railway
Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway
  Dalbeattie
Line and station closed


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