Wamphray railway station

Wamphray

The old station site
Location
Place Newton Wamphray
Area Dumfries and Galloway
Coordinates 55°14′29″N 3°23′45″W / 55.2413°N 3.3957°W / 55.2413; -3.3957Coordinates: 55°14′29″N 3°23′45″W / 55.2413°N 3.3957°W / 55.2413; -3.3957
Grid reference NY1135395018
Operations
Original company Caledonian Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms 2
History
10 September 1847 Station opens[1]
13 June 1960 Station close[1]
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Wamphray railway station was a station which served Newton Wamphray, near Beattock, in the Scottish county of Dumfries and Galloway. It was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line. The nearest station for Newton Wamphray is now at Lockerbie. The station had originally been known as Wamphraygate.[2]

Plantation Bridge near the old station.

History

Opened by the Caledonian Railway,[1] it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923 and was then closed by British Railways in 1960.

A description in 1848 records the following:

As a 'cutting' was required as the railroad neared Wamphray Station the earth removed was made into a series of bings - known to this day as the 'Barrow Pits'. There was a crowd at Wamphray Station on the first Lockerbie Lamb Fairday after the opening of the railway to traffic, and some of the 'rising generation' of that day climbed on to the roof of the carriages and sat there and eventually reached their destination without mishap. The first stationmaster was Mr. Bell and from an old photograph made available by a direct descendant still living in Wamphray, the station staff and surfacemen locally employed on this new railway was quite formidable. Now lime, manure and all types of goods required on the farms flowed in, and likewise the farmers could get their saleable stock and grain despatched with ease to good market centres, and at a later date when the farmers in the low lying district realised the need for milk in the cities and the worth of a dairy farm, Wamphray Station was a busy place as the milk floats rushed the milk to catch the 'mailk train' which conveyed it to Glasgow and Edinburgh and at times as far as Dundee.[3]

The station building is now a private dwelling and the platforms have been demolished. In 1868 John Bell was the stationmaster.[3]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Dinwoodie
Line open; Station closed		   Caledonian Railway
Main Line
   Beattock
Line open; Station closed

The site today

Trains pass at speed on the electrified West Coast Main Line but there is no station at the site now.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Butt (1995), page 240
  2. ↑ Scottish Places Retrieved : 2012-11-05
  3. 1 2 Waugh Family Retrieved : 2012-11-05

Sources

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