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'''Dumfries railway station''' serves the town of [[Dumfries]] in [[Dumfries and Galloway]], [[Scotland]]. It is located on the [[Glasgow South Western Line]] and is managed by [[Abellio ScotRail]] who provide nearly all passenger train services. It is staffed on a part-time basis throughout the week. Train services are provided by [[Abellio ScotRail]] |
'''Dumfries railway station''' serves the town of [[Dumfries]] in [[Dumfries and Galloway]], [[Scotland]]. It is located on the [[Glasgow South Western Line]] and is managed by [[Abellio ScotRail]] who provide nearly all passenger train services. It is staffed on a part-time basis throughout the week. Train services are provided by [[Abellio ScotRail]]. |
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== History == |
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On Sundays, there is a limited service of 5 trains per day to Carlisle and just 2 to Glasgow. |
On Sundays, there is a limited service of 5 trains per day to Carlisle and just 2 to Glasgow. |
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Trains that run beyond Carlisle towards Newcastle change operator at Carlisle to [[Northern (train operating company)|Northern]] |
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[[Northern (train operating company)|Northern]] provide 1 train per day from Dumfries to Newcastle and also provide 1 arrival from Carlisle on Monday to Saturdays. No Sunday service.<ref>{{NRtimes|May 2016|48}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:20, 23 November 2017
Dumfries | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Coordinates | 55°04′22″N 3°36′16″W / 55.0728°N 3.6045°W |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | DMF |
| Key dates | |
| 1848 | Opened |
| 1850 | Line to Glasgow opened |
Dumfries railway station serves the town of Dumfries in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow South Western Line and is managed by Abellio ScotRail who provide nearly all passenger train services. It is staffed on a part-time basis throughout the week. Train services are provided by Abellio ScotRail.
History
Opened by the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway in 1848, the line serving it was extended northwards to Kilmarnock and Glasgow two years later (the GD&CR became part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway at the same time). It subsequently became the junction for branches to Castle Douglas and Stranraer (opened between 1859 and 1861), Lockerbie (opened in 1863 and taken over in 1865 by the Caledonian Railway) and latterly to Moniaive (Cairn Valley Railway, opened in 1905). All of these later lines have now closed (the Port Road to Stranraer being the last to go in June 1965), leaving only the original G&SWR main line open to serve the town. The Beeching Axe cutting the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway and Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railway has resulted in adverse mileage to connect Stranraer with a longer line via Kilmarnock and Ayr. The journey by railway and ferry via Stranraer to Larne Harbour or since the line closed to the Port of Belfast is much longer.
The station features in The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) by John Buchan. Richard Hannay, fleeing from German secret agents, travels from London St Pancras to Galloway, changing trains at Dumfries. In 1939, T.S. Eliot included Dumfries in his Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. Skimbleshanks, the Railway Cat, speaks with the police at Dumfries Station during the night.
Carnation built an evaporated milk factory in Dumfries that opened in 1935, eventually constructing three units producing tin cans, evaporated milk and latterly Coffeemate. The original factory had private siding access to the station's good yard, which gave access for milk trains to the facility, in both delivering raw product as well as distribution to London. Milk trains stopped in the mid-1970s. The United States parent company was bought by Nestle in 1985, after which a decline in the facility began. CoffeeMate production ceased in 2000, after which the site was fully redeveloped as an industrial estate.[1]
Services
ScotRail
The service from the station is somewhat infrequent with trains running to different patterns during the day, these are as follows:
Mon-Fri, there is a 2 hourly service (with a few peak time extras) to Carlisle (3 extend to Newcastle via Hexham) and a mostly 2 hourly service to Kilmarnock and Glasgow Central (there is a 3-hour gap in the morning).[2]
From December 2017, an almost hourly Monday - Friday service will be introduced between Dumfries and Carlisle, along with additional services to Glasgow.
On Saturdays, there is a full hourly service to Carlisle and a mostly 2-hourly service to Glasgow.
On Sundays, there is a limited service of 5 trains per day to Carlisle and just 2 to Glasgow.
Trains that run beyond Carlisle towards Newcastle change operator at Carlisle to Northern
Past
Racks, Ruthwell and Cummertrees stations once existed between Dumfries and Annan.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Annan | Abellio ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line |
Sanquhar | ||
Gallery
1960
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The station in 1960 -
The station pilot at the rear of a Down express in 1960
2009
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Looking north with the site of the old Port Road line bay platforms to the left -
Looking south towards Annan with the site of the old goods station beyond the road bridge
References
Notes
- ^ "Dumfries". John & Morag Williams. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
- ^ Table 216 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.