Place Scotland Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway After 1926 Station close Platforms in use 2 | Area Dumfries and Galloway 3 January 1900 Station opens Original company Caledonian Railway | |
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway Similar Wamphray railway station, Dinwoodie railway station, Elvanfoot railway station, Kirtlebridge railway station, Moffat railway station | ||
Auchencastle railway station was a private station which served Auchencastle, near Beattock, in the Scottish county of Dumfries and Galloway. It was used by railwaymen and families and was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line. The nearest station for Auchencastle is now at Lockerbie.
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History
Opened by the Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923 and was then closed by that company.
The site today
Trains pass at speed on the electrified West Coast Main Line but there is no station at the site now.
References
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