Kirkland railway station (NX810897) was one of the minor stations on the Cairn Valley Light Railway branch, from Dumfries. It served the rural area around Kirkland as a request stop, close to the terminus at Moniaive in Dumfries and Galloway The line was closed to passengers during WW2.Awdry, page 64
History The CVR was nominally independent, but was in reality controlled by the Glasgow and South Western Railway.Sanders, page 50 The line was closed to passengers on 3 May 1943, during WW2 and to freight on 4 July 1949,Thomas, page 203 and the track lifted in 1953.
The station had a simple tin shelter and a short siding with a loading bank. A station master's house was provided, designed by the company with a pyramid roof truncated by a central chimney stack.Kirkpatrick, Page 21 The shelter had been demolished by 1949.Kirkpatrick, Page 71 The stationmaster's house survives as a private dwelling.
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.Kirkpatrick, Page 91
Trains were controlled by a 'lock and block' system whereby the trains operated treadles on the single line to interact with the block instruments.
See also
List of closed railway stations in Britain
References Notes
Sources
Kirkpatrick, Ian (2000). The Cairn Valley Light Railway. Usk : The Oakwood Press. . Sanders, Keith and Hodgins, Douglas (1995). British Railways. Past and Present South West Scotland. No. 19. . Thomas, David St John & Whitehouse, Patrick (1993). The Romance of Scotlands Railways. Newton Abbot : David St John Thomas. .