Newtonairds (NX877801) was one of the principal stations on the now closed Cairn Valley Light Railway branch from Dumfries.
The CVR was nominally independent, but was in reality controlled by the Glasgow and South Western Railway.
[1] The line was closed to passengers on 3 May 1943, during WW2[2] and to freight on 4 July 1949,[3] and the track lifted in 1953.
The station cost £212 to build in red brick with cream painted poster boards and chocolate-coloured framing.
[4] The passing loop and signal box at Newtonairds remained even after the 'one engine in steam' method of working was introduced circa 1936.