[2] The nearby road was diverted via an overbridge and the single platformed station with signalbox, ticket office, etc.

[3] The original station was rebuilt after a fire in 1880 by the Wigtownshire Railway.

[4] The stationmaster's house and station building still survive as private dwellings (datum 2013).

At a siding near the station, a small slaughterhouse operated, sending lamb as carcases for the Smithfield market in London.

Meat or milk could be put on the train in the early evening to be in London, Liverpool, or Newcastle next morning.