Place Shieldhill Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway 19 May 1952 Closed | Area Dumfries and Galloway 1 September 1863 Opened Platforms in use 1 | |
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway Original company Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway |
Shieldhill railway station was a station which served Shieldhill, in the Scottish county of Dumfries and Galloway. It was served by trains on a local line which ran between the Caledonian Main Line (now known as the West Coast Main Line) at Lockerbie and the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway at Dumfries.
History
Opened by the Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway, then part of the Caledonian 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.
References
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