Private company

Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway

Former railway line in Scotland

The Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railways were a network of railway lines serving sparsely populated areas of south-west Scotland. The title appeared in 1885 when the previously independent Portpatrick Railway (PPR) and Wigtownshire Railway (WR) companies were amalgamated by the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railways (Sale and Transfer) Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1885Founded1

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Loch Ken Viaduct
Photo: Simon Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railways were a network of railway lines serving sparsely populated areas of south-west Scotland. The title appeared in 1885 when the previously independent Portpatrick Railway (PPR) and Wigtownshire Railway (WR) companies were amalgamated by the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railways (Sale and Transfer) Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict.2

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Portpatrick Railway1
  2. Succeeded Wigtownshire Railway1
  3. Succeeded by London, Midland and Scottish Railway1

Timeline

  1. 1885Founded Founded1

Sources

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