Auldgirth railway station

Auldgirth
265px Auldgirth old station building
Location
Place	Auldgirth
Area	Dumfries and Galloway
Grid reference	NX915866
Operations
Original company	Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
15 October 1849	Station opens
3 November 1952	Station closes
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Auldgirth railway station was a station which served Auldgirth, in the Scottish county of Dumfries and Galloway. It was served by trains on what is now known as the Glasgow South Western Line north of Dumfries. The latter station is now the nearest to Auldgirth.

History

Opened by the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, which became part of the Glasgow and South Western 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.

The site today

File:Auldgirth station overbridge view - looking north.jpg

The view towards Thornhill from Auldgirth old station overbridge.

Trains still pass the site on the Glasgow South Western Line.

References

• Station on navigable O.S. map
• RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Holywood		London Midland and Scottish Railway Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway		Closeburn