Wamphray

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Wamphray (1847-1960)

Opened on the Caledonian Railway.

Description

This was a two platform station. The main station building was on the southbound platform.

There was a small goods yard on the east side, approached from the south. The signal box was at the south end of the southbound platform with the yard to its east. The line runs on an embankment.

The station closed to passengers in 1960 and the box closed in 1972.

The area is of farmed land with relatively low population. The location is perhaps better known as Newton, the name of the small village to the west. The former station is also sometimes referred to as Newton Wamphray. Wamphray Church is just under two miles to the north east

The station house remains in use as a house. The gable ends are unusual and are not quite crow stepped, having slopes between the steps.

Tags

Station

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
12/08/2019


Chronology Dates

13/06/1960Caledonian Railway
Wamphray, Dinwoodie, Nethercleugh, Ecclefechan, Kirtlebridge, Kirkpatrick closed to passengers. Nethercleugh and Dinwoodie closed to goods.

Books


An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways

Bradshaw's Guides Scotlands Railways West Coast - Carlisle to Inverness: 5

Caledonian Dunalastairs and Associated Classes (Locomotive Monograph)

Caledonian in LMS Days (Railways in Retrospect)

Caledonian Railway

Caledonian Railway Carriages

Caledonian Railway Livery: The True Line Elegance and Style

Caledonian Railway Wagons & Non-Passenger Coaching Stock

Caledonian Routes 3: Stirling to Crianlarich - DVD - Oakwood Press

Caley to the Coast: Rothesay by Wemyss Bay (Oakwood Library of Railway History)

Callander & Oban Railway Through Time

Callander and Oban Railway (Library of Railway History)

Carlisle To Beattock: including the Dumfries Branch (Scottish Main Lines)

Carlisle to Hawick: The Waverley Route (Scml)

Signalling the Caledonian Railway

The Caledonian Railway 'jumbos' the 18in. X 26in. 0-6-0s

The Caledonian, Scotland's Imperial Railway: A History

The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos)

Through Scotland with the Caledonian Railway

Vanished Railways of West Lothian