Holywood railway station (Scotland)
Holywood railway station was a railway station in Dumfries and Galloway north of Dumfries.
Holywood | |
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Location | |
Area | Dumfries and Galloway |
Operations | |
Original company | Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway |
Pre-grouping | Glasgow and South Western Railway |
Post-grouping | LMS |
Platforms | 2 |
History | |
15 October 1849 | Opened as Killylung[1] |
28 October 1850 | Renamed as Holywood[1][2] |
26 September 1949 | Closed |
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
History
The station opened on 15 October 1849 as Killylung.[1] Within a year it was renamed as Holywood.[2] The station is now closed, although the line through the station is still open. One platform still exists and a level crossing controlled by a signal box. The small village of Holywood with its church stands a little way off and the old creamery stands close by to the station site.
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Auldgirth Line open; station closed |
Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway |
Dumfries Line and station open |
Views of Holywood signal box and level crossing
- The old station platform and line looking Dumfries
- Holywood signal box
- Detail of the level crossing gates
- Looking towards Auldgirth
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References
Notes
- Butt (1995), page 132
- Butt (1995), page 122
Sources
A train at Holywood level crossing
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
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