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Sorbie railway station

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The nearby road was diverted via an overbridge and the single platformed station with signalbox, ticket office, etc. built on its old course. The single track line had a passing loop and a single siding beside a loading dock with a weighing machine present in 1895 and 1906. The original station was
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The Sorbie creamery was built opposite the station in 1892, and until 1991 it produced cheddar cheese when all local cheese production was concentrated at
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rebuilt after a fire in 1880 by the Wigtownshire Railway. The stationmaster's house and station building still survive as private dwellings (datum 2013).
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The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present
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Casserley, H.C.(1968). Britain's Joint Lines. Shepperton: Ian Allan.
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Former Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway stations
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Sorbie
Wigtownshire
Wigtownshire Railway
Caledonian
Glasgow & South Western
Midland
London North Western
Sorbie
Whithorn
Newton Stewart
Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway
Wigtownshire
Stranraer
Newton Stewart
Causewayend
Wigtown
Kirkinner
Whauphill
Millisle
Garlieston
Broughton Skeog
Whithorn
List of closed railway stations in Britain




25 Inch 1894 OS Map
25 Inch 1906 OS Map

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