Kirkinner | |
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General information | |
Location | Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland |
Grid reference | NX420517 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Wigtownshire Railway |
Pre-grouping | Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
2 August 1875 | Station opened[1] |
25 September 1950 | Station closed[1] |
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.