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This line is closed. The line ran from Castle Douglas to Kirkcudbright. |
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This line runs through farmed land with small towns. The line's terminus was at Kirkcudbright, the largest town on the route, and a fishing port.
From Castle Douglas to Kirkcudbright.
Please see the entry for the Castle
Douglas and Dumfries Railway.
| St Andrews Road (Castle Douglas) |
Opened:17 February
1864 Closed:Yes
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This was a temporary terminus in Castle Douglas
until an argument over fees for admittance to the main station was settled.
| Bridge of Dee |
Opened:17 February
1864 Closed:Yes
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This was a single platform station. The station
is now a house.
| Tarff |
Opened:17 February
1864 Closed:3 May 1965
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Tarff was also known as 'Gatehouse of Fleet'
and 'Gatehouse'.
| Tongland Viaduct | |
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 Looking north at the bridge over the River Dee. |
This was a large viaduct over the River Dee,
now dismantled.
| Kirkcudbright |
Opened:17 February
1864 Closed:3 May 1965
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 Kirkcudbright station, looking south. |
 Looking north at the former Kirkcudbright terminus (1990s). |
The left photograph shows a train about to leave for Castle Douglas. The photograph is reproduced here by kind permission of James Bell.
The centre and right photographs show the terminus from the south. The trackbed is now occupied by new housing now is. The station once had an over-all roof which was cut back to the size shown in the centre photograph. The station had an interestin combined engine shed and house at the north end of the station.