title: Whauphill railway station
text: # Whauphill railway station
  
  Whauphill (NX 40462 49887) was a railway station on the Wigtownshire Railway branch line, from Newton Stewart to Whithorn, of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway. It served a rural area in Wigtownshire. Whauphill is a small rural village with Wigtown situated some 5 miles east of the village.
  
  ## History
  
  The Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway was formed from the amalgamation of two railway companies: The Portpatrick Railway and the Wigtownshire Railway, which got into financial difficulties; they merged and were taken over.
  
  A station master's house was provided. In the 1880s Whauphill had a post and telegraph office. The station had a passing loop, a signal box located on the platform, and a goods shed.
  
  ## Other stations
  
  * Newton Stewart - junction
  * Causewayend
  * Wigtown
  * Kirkinner
  * Sorbie
  * Millisle
     * Garlieston
  * Broughton Skeog
  * Whithorn
  