Dumfries railway station
Dumfries | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Managed by | First 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 First ScotRail who provide all passenger train services. It is staffed on a part-time basis throughout the week.
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.
Carnation built a condensed milk factory in Dumfries that opened in 1935, eventually constructing three units producing tin cans, condensed 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 US-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."Dumfries". John & Morag Williams. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
Services
The service from the station is somewhat irregular - currently there is roughly one train per hour to Carlisle for most of the day (with some extra trains on Saturdays) and one every two hours to Kilmarnock and Glasgow.ScotRail Timetables - Glasgow to Carlisle, Newcastle and Stranraer 13 December 2009 - 22 May 2010 www.scotrail.co.uk; retrieved 2010-03-02 Five southbound trains continue to Newcastle via the Tyne Valley line, but the two through northbound services that formerly ran to Ayr and Stranraer no longer operate (having been withdrawn at the December 2009 timetable change).
Northern Rail provides two daily services to Newcastle.
Sundays see five services to Carlisle and two to Glasgow (two trains from Carlisle also terminate here).
Racks, Ruthwell and Cummertrees stations once existed between Dumfries and Annan.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annan | style="background:#Template:First ScotRail c''o''lour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | First ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line | style="background:#Template:First ScotRail c''o''lour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Sanquhar |
| Preceding station | National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annan | style="background:#Template:Northern Rail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Northern Rail | style="background:#Template:Northern Rail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | terminus |
Gallery
1960
File:Dumfries railway station 2064451 4f127e3a.jpg|The station in 1960 File:Dumfries 2 railway station geograph-2194711.jpg|The station pilot at the rear of a Down express in 1960
2009
File:Dumfries station north.JPG|Looking north with the site of the old Port Road line bay platforms to the left File:Dumfries station, south.JPG|Looking south towards Annan with the site of the old goods station beyond the road bridge
References
Notes
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.