Loch Skerrow Halt railway station

Loch Skerrow Halt
The site of the station in 2019
General information
Location	Skerrow, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland
Coordinates	54.9895°N 4.1743°W / 54.9895; -4.1743
Grid reference	NX609682
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway
Key dates
1871	opened as non-advertised.
13 June 1955	Advertised as public station
9 September 1963	regular advertised service withdrawn
15 June 1965	completely closed

Loch Skerrow Halt railway station served the burgh of Skerrow, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway.

History

The station was opened as a public station on 13 June 1955 by British Railways. It had a siding and a signal box. The purpose of the station was to split the signalling section between New Galloway and Gatehouse of Fleet. With a sparse local population, there was little need for a station, so it closed to regular passengers on 9 September 1963.[1][2] It remained an unadvertised station and was used occasionally until the line was closed in 1965.[3]

Popular culture

Richard Hannay, the hero of the 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps, by John Buchan, reputedly got off a train here, fearing that he had become the prime suspect in a couple of murders in London.[3][4]

References

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 260. OCLC 931112387.
2. "Loch Skerrow Halt". Canmore. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
3. Dumfries & Galloway Curiosities by David Carroll - Google Books
4. Jack, Ian (9 February 2021). "A tunnel linking Scotland and Northern Ireland? Fantasy has replaced British modesty". The Guardian.

External links

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
New Galloway Line and station closed		Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway		Gatehouse of Fleet Line and station closed