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Shieldhill railway station

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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

Shieldhill railway station Wikipedia