Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway

Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
Locale Scotland Dates of operation 13 August 1846 – 28 October 1850 Successor line Glasgow and South Western Railway Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
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Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Auchinleck (GPK&AR) Auchinleck Junction    Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Cumnock Old Cumnock Junction    Ayr to Mauchline Branch    New Cumnock Kirkconnel Sanquhar Carronbridge Thornhill Closeburn Auldgirth Holywood (Killylung)    Cairn Valley Railway Cairn Valley Junction    Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway    Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway Castle Douglas Branch Junction Dumfries Goods (CR) Dumfries Dumfries Goods (G&SWR) Racks Ruthwell Cummertrees Annan Annan Junction    Solway Junction Railway    Dornock (Eastriggs) Rigg Gretna Green    Caledonian Railway Main Line Gretna Junction English/Scottish Border Gretna (CR) / Gretna (BUR)    Border Union Railway Longtown Depot    Caledonian Railway Main Line

The Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway was a company in Scotland, which built and ran what is now known as the Glasgow South Western Line. The line was authorised on 13 August 1846 and was constructed between 1846 and 1850. It ran from Gretna Junction on the Caledonian Railway to an end-on junction with the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway at Old Cumnock.

History

In 1850 the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle and the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr railway companies merged to form the Glasgow and South Western Railway. The Glasgow and South Western Railway then expanded to cover much of the area of south west Scotland. It existed until 1923; and then became a constituent company of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

Station closures

Most of the original stations have been closed.

• Old Cumnock - 6 December 1965
• New Cumnock - 6 December 1965
• Sanquhar - 6 December 1965
• Carronbridge - 7 December 1953
• Thornhill - 6 December 1965
• Closeburn - 11 September 1961
• Auldgirth - 3 November 1952
• Holywood (originally Killylung) - 26 September 1949
• Racks - 6 December 1965
• Ruthwell - 6 December 1965
• Cummertrees - 19 September 1955
• Eastriggs (originally Dornock) - 6 December 1965
• Rigg - 1 November 1942
• Gretna - 6 December 1965

Station reopenings

In recent years, several of the closed stations have been reopened.

• New Cumnock - 22 May 1991
• Sanquhar - 27 June 1994
• Gretna - 20 September 1993

Connections to other lines

• Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway at Cumnock
• Ayr to Mauchline Branch at Cumnock
• Cairn Valley Railway at Cairn Valley Junction
• Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway at Dumfries
• Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway at Dumfries
• Solway Junction Railway at Annan
• Caledonian Railway Main Line at Gretna Junction

Current operations

The line open is owned by Network Rail; with First ScotRail operating regular passenger services.

References

Sources

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. 
• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
• RAILSCOT on Cairn Valley Railway
• RAILSCOT on Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway
• RAILSCOT on Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway
• RAILSCOT on Solway Junction Railway
• RAILSCOT on Caledonian Railway
• RAILSCOT on Border Union Railway