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Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway
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The Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway was a nominally independent railway in south west Scotland which linked Dumfries to Castle Douglas.
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It was incorporated on 21 July 1856; the act was obtained by the Glasgow and South Western Railway.
It opened on 7 November 1859 and was closed, under the Beeching Axe, in 1965.
In 1861 the Portpatrick Railway completed a connection from Castle Douglas to Portpatrick and Stranraer.
The Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway was acquired by the Glasgow and South Western Railway on 1 August 1865 - this was itself acquired by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the 1921 grouping of the railways.
The Caledonian Railway gained running rights over the line between Dumfries and Castle Douglas; which allowed it access to Portpatrick, Stranraer and Stranraer harbour over a jointly owned line, the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway. These running rights allowed the Caledonian Railway to run Irish boat trains from Carlisle and south of the border without having to go though Ayrshire.
- Glasgow and South Western Railway at Dumfries.
- The Dumfries, Lochmaben & Lockerby railway branch of the Caledonian Railway at Dumfries.
- Kirkcudbright Railway at Castle Douglas.
- Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway at Castle Douglas.
- Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway at www.railscot.co.uk
- The Introduction of the Railway into Galloway Fifty Years Ago from The Gallovidian (1909)
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