Ecclefechan railway station

Ecclefechan
Location
Place Ecclefechan
Area Dumfries and Galloway
Coordinates 55°03′59″N 3°17′01″W / 55.0665°N 3.2837°W / 55.0665; -3.2837Coordinates: 55°03′59″N 3°17′01″W / 55.0665°N 3.2837°W / 55.0665; -3.2837
Grid reference NY1811575423
Operations
Original company Caledonian Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms 2
History
10 September 1847 Station opens[1]
13 June 1960 Station close[1]
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Ecclefechan railway station was a station which served the rural area around Ecclefechan, south of Lockerbie in Applegarth parish, Scottish county of Dumfries and Galloway. It was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line. The nearest station for Ecclefechan is now at Lockerbie.

History

Opened by the Caledonian Railway,[1] it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923 and was then closed by British Railways in 1960. The station had a goods shed with a signal box on the platform next to it. Several sidings were present and a minor road to Nether Collinhirst had run through the site.[2]

Accidents and incidents

The site today

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Kirtlebridge
Line open; Station closed
  Caledonian Railway
Main Line
  Lockerbie
Line open; Station closed

Trains pass at speed on the electrified West Coast Main Line. The station has been demolished, however part of one of the platforms survives.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Butt (1995), page 88
  2. 25inch OS Map
  3. Railway Archive Retrieved : 2012-11-06
  4. Hoole, Ken (1983). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 4. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 48. ISBN 0 906899 07 9.

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