Date: 07/04/2023

Campaigners believe reopening the line is more beneficial than plans to duel a major arterial road through the region and be better for the environment.

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View from a Dumfries to Stranraer service arriving at Newton Stewart in June 1965. The pleasant appearance of the station belies the fact that it was about to be part of the much-lamented closure of the 'Port Road' only nine days later. The picture is one of a series taken by the photographer during a journey along the railway in June 1965. Railway enthusiasm inevitably colours one's view of these things but, looking at the lovely stations and signal boxes along the route, one feels that the closure of this important line was surely an act of vandalism.
Location: Newton Stewart
Company: Portpatrick Railway
05/06/1965 Brian Haslehust

Black 5 44677 pauses at Castle Douglas with a Dumfries to Stranraer service, shortly before closure of the line.
Location: Castle Douglas
Company: Portpatrick Railway
05/06/1965 Brian Haslehust

Tablets being exchanged at Loch Skerrow, seen from a Dumfries to Stranraer service hauled by Black 5 44677 (fitted with a self-weighing tender).
Location: Loch Skerrow
Company: Portpatrick Railway
05/06/1965 Brian Haslehust

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