Parton railway station (Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway)

Parton
Parton
	The site of the station in 2019
General information
Location	Parton, Dumfries and Galloway; Scotland
Coordinates	55°00′30″N 4°02′51″W / 55.0083°N 4.0474°W
Grid reference	NX691701
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Portpatrick Railway
Pre-grouping	Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway; Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (Scottish Region)
Key dates
12 March 1861	Opened
14 June 1965	Closed

Parton railway station served the hamlet of Parton, in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in the administrative area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, from 1861 to 1965 on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway.

History

The station opened on 12 March 1861 by the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway. It closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 14 June 1965.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 334. OCLC 931112387.
^ "Parton Station". Canmore. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

External links

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Crossmichael Line and station closed		Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway		New Galloway Line and station closed

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[1] Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 334. OCLC 931112387.

[PartonStationInfo-2] "Parton Station". Canmore. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

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