Kirkinner railway station

Kirkinner
Site of the station in 2000
General information
LocationWigtown, Dumfries and Galloway
Scotland
Grid referenceNX420517
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyWigtownshire Railway
Pre-groupingPortpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 August 1875 (1875-08-02)Station opened
25 September 1950 (1950-09-25)Station closed

Kirkinner was a railway station on the Wigtownshire Railway branch line, from Newton Stewart to Whithorn, of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway. It served a rural area in Wigtownshire. Kirkinner is an area and village, 3 miles from Wigtown, bounded on the east by the bay of Wigtown, along which it extends for about three miles, and on the north by the River Bladnoch.

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