Stepford railway station

Stepford (NX864815) was one of the minor request stop stations on the Cairn Valley Light Railway branch from Dumfries. It served a very rural area in Dumfries and Galloway The line was closed to passengers during the Second World War.[1] Cairn Valley Junction lay to the east.

Stepford railway station
LocationStepford, Dumfries and Galloway
Scotland
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCairn Valley Railway
Pre-groupingGlasgow & South Western
Key dates
1 March 1905Opened
3 May 1943Closed to passengers
4 July 1949Closed to freight

History

The CVR was nominally independent, but was in reality controlled by the Glasgow and South Western Railway.[2] The line was closed to passengers on 3 May 1943, during the Second World War[1] and to freight on 4 July 1949,[3] and the track lifted in 1953.

The station was very basic with just a short wooden platform with a tin shelter and a siding with a loading bank for goods traffic.[4] A station master's house was provided, designed by the company with a pyramid roof truncated by a central chimney stack.[4] The shelter had been demolished by 1949.[4] The station master's house, a simple cottage, rather than the standard company design, survives as a private dwelling.

Morrington Quarry was nearby and was rail connected,[5] however the contract was lost to a road haulier in around 1943.[6]

The siding was worked by down trains only, goods for Dumfries being taken to the nearest station along. The points were unlocked with an Annett's key that was kept in a locked box on a post adjacent to the point.[7]

Trains were controlled by a 'lock and block' system whereby the trains operated treadles on the single line to interact with the block instruments.[2]

See also

References
Notes
  1. Awdry, page 64
  2. Sanders, page 50
  3. Thomas, page 203
  4. Kirkpatrick, Page 21
  5. Kirkpatrick, Page 45
  6. Kirkpatrick, Page 71
  7. Kirkpatrick, Page 91
Sources
  • Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
  • Kirkpatrick, Ian (2000). The Cairn Valley Light Railway. Usk : The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-567-5.
  • Sanders, Keith and Hodgins, Douglas (1995). British Railways. Past and Present South West Scotland. No. 19. ISBN 1-85895-074-0.
  • Thomas, David St John & Whitehouse, Patrick (1993). The Romance of Scotlands Railways. Newton Abbot : David St John Thomas. ISBN 0-946537-89-5.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Newtonairds   Glasgow and South Western Railway
Cairn Valley Railway		   Dunscore

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