Sanquhar railway station

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General information
Location	Dumfries and Galloway
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SQH
Key dates
28 October 1850	Opened
6 December 1965	Closed
27 June 1994	Re-opened under British Rail

Sanquhar railway station is a railway station in the village of Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line. The old station buildings are in use as a holiday home. The station was re-opened together with Gretna Green, Auchinleck, New Cumnock, Kilmaurs and Dunlop. Kirkconnel remained open but has also seen significant investment in its infrastructure.

Services

There is a two-hourly service in each direction (with one or two extras), southbound to Dumfries and Carlisle and northbound to Kilmarnock and Glasgow. There are also three trains each weekday to Newcastle.

The Sunday service is limited, with just two trains each way currently calling.

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.

External links

• Train times and station information for Sanquhar railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dumfries		Abellio ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line		Kirkconnel

Platform 1 and a train for Kirkconnel, in 2007

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  Nithsdale south of Sanquhar in 1961
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  Down freight on the Nithsdale Anglo-Scottish main line in 1961