Ayrshire and Galloway Railway
the unbuilt Central Section
At the exhibition the
Ayrshire and Galloway Railway
will not fitted in to its planned location so will be converted to automatic
operation.
History - In the
early 1840's the Ayrshire and Galloway Railway (AGR) planned to build a 50 mile
long railway from Ayr to Castle Douglas following the route of what is now the
A713. The AGR 's goals were to create a shorter route from England, Carlisle,
and Dumfries to Ayr, the Ayrshire coal field, and Dalmellington [an important
coal & steel town]. It would also have supported the local economy sheep farming
[Carsphairn sheep fair is in early June], limestone quarrying, haematite &
lead/zinc/silver mining and after 1920 forestry - by 2003 the 67,000 ha Galloway
Forest Park was producing 200,000 tons of timber and was visited by 210,000.
However the AGR would have been expensive to build a bridge over the Waters of
Ken and lots of cuttings & embankments to minimising grades and to operate long
climbs steeper than 1:50. So in In practise the AGR only managed to built 14
miles to Dalmellington. Subsequently the southern 8 miles, between Castle
Douglas and Parton were built by the 'Ports Line'. The 28 mile long central section never saw
a train. History has been twisted with the AGR coming to fruition, becoming part
of the London Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923 and British Railways Scottish
Region in 1948.
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10:20 |
14:20 |
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06:40 |
07:50 |
09:04 |
13:04 |
14:44 |
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07:45 |
08:35 |
10:35 |
14:35 |
15:50 |
06:45 |
07:55 |
09:16 |
13:16 |
15:00 |
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08:01 |
08:51 |
10:49 |
14:50 |
16:05 |
06:50 |
08:00 |
09:21 |
13:21 |
15:15 |
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08:07 |
08:57 |
10:55 |
14:55 |
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09:35 |
13:35 |
15:29 |
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08:12 |
09:02 |
11:00 |
15:00 |
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09:40 |
13:40 |
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08:27 |
09:17 |
11:12 |
15:12 |
16:25 |
07:15 |
08:20 |
09:47 |
13:47 |
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08:33 |
09:23 |
11:18 |
15:18 |
16:29 |
07:35 |
08:35 |
10:02 |
14:02 |
15:50 |
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08:43 |
09:33 |
11:28 |
15:28 |
16:35 |
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10:17 |
14:17 |
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The Geographic order of stations south
from Dalmellington with their main traffic: -