Closeburn railway station

Closeburn railway station was a railway station in Dumfries and Galloway north of Dumfries, serving a rural community with Wallace Hall and Closeburn Castle nearby. Its OS NGR is NX 8970 9234.

Closeburn
General information
Location	Dumfries and Galloway Scotland
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
15 October 1849	Opened as Closeburn
11 September 1961[1][2]	Closed to passengers
6 May 1964[3]	Closed to goods traffic

History

The station opened on 15 October 1849. The station is now closed, although the line running through the station is still open. The station buildings, goods sheds and station master's house still exist, but the platforms have been removed.

Lost and found

The 1897–1956 Found Items book from Closeburn has survived and is held in the Ewart Library in Dumfries. As per usual in Scotland items of waterproof clothing and umbrellas figure prominently in the list of recovered items.^[4]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Thornhill Line open; station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway		Auldgirth Line open; station closed

References

Notes;

1. RCAHMS site
2. Rankin, Stuart (2006-7). Found Items Closeburn Station 1897-1956. Sou'West Journal. No. 38. p. 27.
3. Lindsay, David M. E. (2002). G&SWR Register of stations, routes & lines. G&SWR Association. Part 6.3, Page 20
4. Rankin, Stuart (2006-7). Found Items Closeburn Station 1897-1956. Sou'West Journal. No. 38. p. 28.

Sources;

Closeburn station master's house looking towards Auldgirth.

1. Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
2. 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.
3. Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

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