Dalbeattie railway station

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Dalbeattie railway station served the town of Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland from 1859 to 1965 on the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway.

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Dalbeattie High School

Dalbeattie High School is a small rural secondary school on the edge of Dalbeattie in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in the local council area of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland. The school has 380 pupils, with 40 staff. The original school was built between 1950 and 1958 by the Kirkcudbrightshire County architect Archibald Thomson Caldwell and has been replaced by a new build which was officially opened in August 2018. Combined with the relocated primary it forms the Dalbeattie Learning Campus.

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Dalbeattie Town Hall

Dalbeattie Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street in Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The structure, which is used as community events venue, is a Category B listed building.

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Dalbeattie

Dalbeattie is a town in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Dalbeattie is in a wooded valley on the Urr Water 4 miles east of Castle Douglas and 12 miles south west of Dumfries. The town is famed for its granite industry and for being the home town of William McMaster Murdoch, the First Officer of the RMS Titanic.

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Dalbeattie Star F.C.

Dalbeattie Star Football Club is a Scottish association football club based in Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway. It currently competes in the South of Scotland League. The club had previously played in the Lowland League. Home matches are played at Islecroft Stadium in Dalbeattie, and as an SFA member they also play in the Scottish Cup.

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Buittle Bridge

Buittle Bridge, also known as Craignair Bridge is a bridge over the Urr Water just outside Dalbeattie in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Completed in 1797, it replaced and earlier two-span bridge of the same name which was destroyed in a flood a short time after its completion; the remains of this older bridge, comprising the base of its pier and some remnants of its south-west abutment, survive a short distance upstream. Buittle Bridge has a single depressed arch, with a span of approximately 90 feet, and a humpbacked carriageway. Unusually wide for a single-span stone bridge, its voussoirs, springers and soffit are made of ashlar, and its spandrels and parapet are of rubble. Historic Environment Scotland note that the masonry work on the bridge is unusually fine. The bridge was designated a Category A listed building in 1989. It is still in use, carrying the A711 road south-west out of Dalbeattie towards Castle Douglas and Kirkcudbright, and spanning the boundary between the parishes of Haugh of Urr and Buittle.

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History

The station was opened on 7 November 1859 by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. To the west was the signal box and a siding to the north served Dalbeattie Creamery. The goods yard was situated to the south of the line and was equipped with a 7 ton crane. The yard was able to accommodate livestock. The station was host to a LMS camping coach in 1935 and 1936 and possibly in 1937. The station, as well as the signal box and the line, closed on 14 June 1965.

Station site today

The down platform building was demolished after closure and they were eventually infilled when a bus station replaced the station. The up platform building was kept but the bus station was eventually closed and the building demolished. They remained until Station Drive was built upon its site.