Gatehouse of Fleet Station
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2019 11:16 am
Gatehouse of Fleet Station
Gatehouse of Fleet was a passing place on the largely single-track Dumfries to Stranraer railway (known as the ‘Port Road’). The Scottish Region timetable for Summer 1964 shows a rather strange service with trains at this station in a west-bound direction (i.e. towards Stranraer) only. The service was sparse to say the least with trains at 9.43am (Fridays), 7.28pm (Mondays) and 7.31pm (Saturdays).
I believe the reason for this was that the east-bound platform had suffered flood damage making it unsafe to use and that this had occurred in about 1962.
Shortly before closure the passing loop was removed which meant that trains could once again call east-bound at this station using the remaining platform.
Can anyone confirm the details and provide a date when the east-bound service ceased and when it restarted after the passing loop was removed.
The other thing to note about this station was that it was six or seven miles from the town it was meant to serve. Anyone unfamiliar with the area alighting here and expecting to be in Gatehouse of Fleet would have been faced with a long walk along a rather lonely road. No mention of this in the timetable!
Gatehouse of Fleet was a passing place on the largely single-track Dumfries to Stranraer railway (known as the ‘Port Road’). The Scottish Region timetable for Summer 1964 shows a rather strange service with trains at this station in a west-bound direction (i.e. towards Stranraer) only. The service was sparse to say the least with trains at 9.43am (Fridays), 7.28pm (Mondays) and 7.31pm (Saturdays).
I believe the reason for this was that the east-bound platform had suffered flood damage making it unsafe to use and that this had occurred in about 1962.
Shortly before closure the passing loop was removed which meant that trains could once again call east-bound at this station using the remaining platform.
Can anyone confirm the details and provide a date when the east-bound service ceased and when it restarted after the passing loop was removed.
The other thing to note about this station was that it was six or seven miles from the town it was meant to serve. Anyone unfamiliar with the area alighting here and expecting to be in Gatehouse of Fleet would have been faced with a long walk along a rather lonely road. No mention of this in the timetable!