Place Auldgirth Grid reference NX915866 Platforms in use 2 | Area Dumfries and Galloway 15 October 1849 Station opens | |
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Pre-grouping Glasgow and South Western Railway Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway Original company Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway | ||
Auldgirth railway station was a station which served Auldgirth, in the Scottish county of Dumfries and Galloway. It was served by trains on what is now known as the Glasgow South Western Line north of Dumfries. The latter station is now the nearest to Auldgirth.
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History
Opened by the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, which became part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was then closed by British Railways.
The site today
Trains still pass the site on the Glasgow South Western Line.
References
Auldgirth railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA