Kirtlebridge railway station
| Kirtlebridge | |
|---|---|
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| Kirtlebridge Viaduct near the old station | |
| Location | |
| Place | Ecclefechan |
| Area | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Coordinates | 55°03′01″N 3°12′42″W / 55.0502°N 3.2117°WCoordinates: 55°03′01″N 3°12′42″W / 55.0502°N 3.2117°W |
| Grid reference | NY2268373536 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Caledonian Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 10 September 1847 | Station opened[1] |
| 13 June 1960 | Station closed[1] |
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Kirtlebridge railway station was a station which served the rural area around Kirtlebridge and Eaglesfield, north of Annan in the Scottish county of Dumfries and Galloway. It was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line and was the junction for the Solway Junction Railway. The nearest station for Kirtlebridge 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 the BRB in 1960. The station was the junction for the Solway Junction Railway and the first station on that line was at Annan Shawhill serving Annan. This line ran having left Annan, crossed the Glasgow South Western Line, forming the Solway Junction Railway over the Solway Viaduct to England.
The station had a number of sidings, a goods shed, turntable, signal box, a bay platform and an interchange with the main line.[2] A narrow gauge mineral line ran over the main line to serve local quarries and the old bridge survives as part of a narrow access lane.
Passenger services were withdrawn on the 27 April 1931, the line south of Annan over the Solway Viaduct having already closed completely. The line remained open from Kirtlebridge to Annan Shawhill remained open until 28 February 1955 for freight traffic and then the line was closed completely.[3]
Accident
A rail crash that took place at Kirtlebridge on 2 October 1872 when the night Scotch Express from London Euston ran into a goods train was travelling at 40 mph. The lead locomotive ended up facing the way it had come and its tender ended upright on the platform, the second locomotive stayed on the track. Eleven passengers and one engineman were killed.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Kirkpatrick Line open; Station closed |
Caledonian Railway Main Line |
Ecclefechan Line open; Station closed | ||
The site today
Trains pass at speed on the electrified West Coast Main Line. The station has been demolished and the M74 runs over part of the old station site. The Station Hotel stood near by, however this has also been demolished.[4]
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References
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Butt (1995), page 136
- ↑ NLS Maps Retrieved : 2012-11-07
- ↑ Disused Stations Retrieved : 2012-11-07
- ↑ Station Hotel Retrieved : 2012-11-07
Sources
- 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 Caledonian Railway