Scotland’s Railways · Port Road explorer
The Port Road: Dumfries to Stranraer
A railway across Galloway, linking rural communities with Dumfries and the Irish Sea crossing at Stranraer.
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The working railway in 1926 and 1964
Follow the place sequence and inspect selected readable services transcribed from the 20 September 1926 LMS poster and the 14 June–6 September 1964 British Railways public timetable.
Private working railway prototype
Run the Port Road on the map
Choose a timetable view and represented service, move the clock or run the railway. Recorded calls come from the supplied public timetable; movement between them is simulated. The detailed coloured line uses provisional OpenStreetMap orientation data and is not surveyed track geometry.
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1964 evidence register
Inspect the recorded 1964 service columns
This detailed register retains all 17 transcribed 1964 service columns. The 08:10 Dumfries–Stranraer column and its adjacent 08:57 Kirkcudbright connection have been reconciled against the supplied scan. The 36 selected readable 1926 columns, including eight distinct Stranraer–Castle Kennedy–Dunragit journeys and the Portpatrick and Whithorn branches, are playable in the map timetable above.
Evidence limit: partial public-timetable transcription; not a working timetable
Follow the core railway from Dumfries to Stranraer
The core route is grouped into five geographical sections. The playable map above also contains the connected Kirkcudbright, Portpatrick and Whithorn branches. Open Evidence beside a place only when you want its research note.
Dumfries to Dalbeattie
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1
Dumfriesstation and eastern endpoint · Served
Evidence
The Port Road trains used Dumfries, while the historic branch alignment joined the Glasgow and South Western Railway north of the station.
PR-S02 · Qualified -
2
Maxwelltown Goods Junctionjunction · Not a passenger station
Evidence
Historic junction area north of Dumfries; its names and successive alignments need a dated diagram audit.
PR-S02 · Provisional -
3
Maxwelltownstation · Closed before period
Evidence
secondary railway catalogue dates passenger use to 1860–1939.
PR-S02 · Secondary -
4
Lochanheadstation · Closed before period
Evidence
secondary railway catalogue dates passenger use to 1860–1939; goods use continued later.
PR-S02 · Secondary -
5
Killywhanstation · Closed before period
Evidence
secondary railway catalogue dates passenger use to 1859–1959.
PR-S02 · Secondary -
6
Kirkgunzeonstation · Closed before period
Evidence
secondary railway catalogue dates passenger use to 1859–1950.
PR-S02 · Secondary -
7
Southwickstation · Served
Evidence
Passenger use resumed after a 1939–1941 interruption and continued until the line closed in 1965.
PR-S02 · Secondary -
8
Dalbeattiestation · Served
Evidence
Main-line station in the final passenger period.
PR-S02 · Secondary
Castle Douglas and Loch Ken
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9
Buittlestation · Closed before period
Evidence
secondary railway catalogue records closure in 1894.
PR-S02 · Secondary -
10
Castle Douglasstation and junction · Served
Evidence
Junction for the Kirkcudbright branch and boundary between the first two opening stages.
PR-S02 · Qualified -
11
Crossmichaelstation · Served
Evidence
Main-line station in the final passenger period.
PR-S02 · Secondary -
12
Partonstation · Served
Evidence
Main-line station in the final passenger period.
PR-S02 · Secondary -
13
New Gallowaystation · Served
Evidence
The station was at Mossdale, several miles from New Galloway; the exact contemporary description remains to be checked.
PR-S02 · Qualified
Across the Galloway uplands
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14
Loch Skerrow / Lochskerrowstation · Served
Evidence
The form used in the 1964–65 working timetable will control the reconstructed label.
PR-S02 · Provisional -
15
Gatehouse of Fleetstation · Served
Evidence
A succession of names is recorded; the final-period timetable name must be confirmed directly.
PR-S02 · Qualified -
16
Creetownstation · Served
Evidence
Main-line station in the final passenger period.
PR-S02 · Secondary -
17
Palnurestation · Closed before period
Evidence
secondary railway catalogue records passenger closure in 1951.
PR-S02 · Secondary
Newton Stewart to Glenluce
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18
Newton Stewartstation and junction · Served
Evidence
Junction for the Wigtownshire Railway network towards Wigtown, Whithorn and Garlieston.
PR-S02 · Qualified -
19
Kirkcowanstation · Served
Evidence
Main-line station in the final passenger period.
PR-S02 · Secondary -
20
Glenlucestation · Served
Evidence
Main-line station in the final passenger period.
PR-S02 · Secondary
The Stranraer approaches
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21
Challoch Junctionjunction · Not a passenger station
Evidence
Connection with the Girvan route; west of here the railway remains part of the modern Ayr–Stranraer approach.
PR-S02 · Qualified -
22
Dunragitstation · Served
Evidence
Passenger station in the final period; trains still pass the location on the surviving line.
PR-S02 · Secondary -
23
Castle Kennedystation · Served
Evidence
Passenger station in the final period on the section that remains open from Ayr to Stranraer.
PR-S02 · Secondary -
24
Cairnryan Junctionjunction · Not a passenger station
Evidence
Wartime military branch connection; its 1964–65 operating status needs timetable and diagram confirmation.
PR-S02 · Provisional -
25
Stranraer Harbour Junctionjunction · Not a passenger station
Evidence
The harbour line diverged from the older Portpatrick alignment east of Stranraer Town.
PR-S02 · Qualified -
26
Stranraer Townstation · Served
Evidence
Formerly Stranraer; the Town suffix distinguishes it from Stranraer Harbour in the final period.
PR-S02 · Qualified -
27
Stranraer Harbourstation and western endpoint · Served
Evidence
Ferry-pier station and the modern rail terminus; opening and service dates remain separate from the railway reaching Stranraer in 1861.
PR-S02 · Qualified
Service details are transcribed from the supplied timetable pages. The scans are not reproduced because publication rights have not been established.