Crossford railway station

Crossford
General information
Location	Crossford, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Cairn Valley Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 March 1905 (1905-03-01)	Station opened
3 May 1943 (1943-05-03)	Station closed

Crossford is a closed station of the Cairn Valley Light Railway branch, from Dumfries. It served the rural area of Crossford in Dumfries and Galloway The line was closed to passengers in 1943.[1]

History

The CVR was nominally independent, but was in reality controlled by the Glasgow and South Western Railway.[2] The line was closed to passengers on 3 May 1943, during WW2[3] and to freight on 4 July 1949,[4] and the track lifted in 1953. 1947 is also quoted as a date of complete closure.[2]

The siding was worked by down trains only, goods for Dumfries being taken to the nearest station along. The points were unlocked with an Annett's key that was kept in a locked box on a post adjacent to the point.[5]

Trains were controlled by a 'lock and block' system whereby the trains operated treadles on the single line to interact with the block instruments.[2]

Views at the old station

• 
  Crossford's old station master's house.
• 
  Rails still in the road at the level crossing.
• 
  The course of the trackbed running towards Moniaive.

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

References

Notes

1. Passengers No More by G.Daniels and L.Dench
2. Sanders, page 50
3. Awdry, page 64
4. Thomas, page 203
5. Kirkpatrick, Page 91

Sources

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
• Sanders, Keith and Hodgins, Douglas (1995). British Railways. Past and Present South West Scotland. No. 19. ISBN 1-85895-074-0.
• Thomas, David St John & Whitehouse, Patrick (1993). The Romance of Scotlands Railways. Newton Abbot : David St John Thomas. ISBN 0-946537-89-5.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Dunscore		Glasgow and South Western Railway Cairn Valley Railway		Kirkland

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