Gatehouse of Fleet railway station

Disused railway station in Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway

54°56′07″N 4°16′25″W / 54.9352°N 4.2736°W / 54.9352; -4.2736Grid referenceNX544624Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyPortpatrick RailwayPre-groupingPortpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway
Caledonian RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (Scottish Region)Key datesSeptember 1861 (1861-09)Opened as Dromore1 July 1863Name changed to Gatehouse1 June 1865Name changed to Dromore for Gatehouse1 September 1866Name changed back to Gatehouse1 June 1871Name changed back to Dromore1 January 1912Name changed to Gatehouse of Fleet5 December 1949Closed to passengers20 May 1950Reopened14 June 1965 (1965-06-14)Closed

Gatehouse of Fleet railway station served the town of Gatehouse of Fleet, 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. The station was over 6 miles from the town.

History

The station opened in September 1861 as Dromore by the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway. It went through a lot of name changes, being renamed to Gatehouse on 1 July 1863, to Dromore for Gatehouse on 1 June 1865, back to Gatehouse on 2 September 1866, back to Dromore on 1 June 1871, and finally to Gatehouse of Fleet on 1 January 1912. The station closed to passengers on 5 December 1949 but reopened on 20 May 1950, only to close along with the line on 14 June 1965.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "Gatehouse of Fleet, Station". Canmore. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 192. OCLC 931112387.