Old Photograph Railway Station Gifford Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland. The Gifford and Garvald Railway was a 9.25 mile long, single track branch railway line that ran from a junction west of Ormiston on the Macmerry Branch to Gifford via three intermediate stations, Pencaitland, Saltoun, and Humbie. The line was proposed in November 1890 and the company was authorised on 3 July 1891 to construct a line of 12 miles and 200 yards. Only 9.25 miles of line was completed and opened on 14 October 1901. Run by the North British Railway from opening the line remained independent until 1923 when it became part of London and North Eastern Railway. At Pencaitland, the line served the Glenkinchie whisky distillery. The extension of the line to Garvald was never completed. The line closed to passengers on 3 April 1933 when the Macmerry Branch withdrew its services. After a bridge collapse in August 1948 the section from Gifford to Humbie closed but the remaining line stayed open. On 2 May 1960 the line past Humbie closed to freight and the remaining line on 25 April 1965.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Gatehouse of Fleet Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This intermediate station on the Castle Douglas to Stranraer of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway is situated North West of the town from which it takes its name. It was opened as Dromore Station in September 1861, and was renamed Gatehouse Station, on 1 July 1863, Dromore for Gatehouse Station, on 1 June 1865, Gatehouse Station, on 1 September 1866, Dromore Station, on 1 June 1871. and Gatehouse of Fleet Station on 1 January 1912. It closed to regular passenger traffic on 5 December 1949, but reopened on 20 May 1950, finally closing, with the line as a whole, on 14 June 1965.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Forteviot Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Forteviot, Strathearn, Perthshire, Scotland. The station was closed to passengers on 11/6/56, and to goods on 23/5/66. History Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Dunrobin Castle Sutherland Highlands Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station by Dunrobin Castle in Sutherland, Scotland. This railway station serves Dunrobin Castle in the Highland. The station is on the Far North Line. Many timetables list it as being a " summer only " station, closing in late September. It was originally a private station for the castle, the seat of the Duke of Sutherland. Dunrobin Castle is situated near the village of Golspie. History Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Duncraig Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station at Duncraig near Plockton, Wester Ross, Highlands, Scotland. This is a remote railway station by the shore of Loch Carron on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving Duncraig Castle, a mansion near Plockton, in the Highlands of northern Scotland. It was originally a private station, and features a unique little octagonal waiting room. The station is not staffed and is a request stop. Duncraig was closed between 7 December 1964 and 5 January 1976; it was reopened after local train drivers refused to acknowledge the station's closure for the intervening 11 years. History Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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