Kirtlebridge railway station

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Kirtlebridge
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°W / 55.0502; -3.2117Coordinates: 55°03′01″N 3°12′42″W / 55.0502°N 3.2117°W / 55.0502; -3.2117
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]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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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Passenger services were withdrawn on the 27 April 1931, the line south of Annan over the Solway Viaduct having already closed completely.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
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]

Caledonian Railway Main Line
(Carstairs to Carlisle)
Legend
Caledonian Railway Main Line
to Greenhill Junction
Carstairs
Caledonian Railway Main Line
to Edinburgh
Strawfrank Junction
Thankerton
Symington
Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway
Lamington
Abington
Crawford
Elvanfoot
Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch
Beattock Summit
Auchencastle
Moffat
Beattock
Wamphray
Dinwoodie
Nethercleugh
Dumfries, Lochmaben
and Lockerbie Railway
Lockerbie
Ecclefechan
Kirtlebridge
Solway Junction Railway
Kirkpatrick
Quintinshill loops
Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
Gretna Junction
Gretna | Gretna (BUR)
Longtown
Floriston
Rockcliffe
Border Union Railway ('the Waverley Line')
Willowholme Jn | Port Carlisle Branch Jn
Caldew Junctions
Carlisle Citadel
Citadel South Junctions
Maryport and Carlisle Railway
London Road Junction
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Petteril Bridge Junction
Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
Settle and Carlisle Line

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Butt (1995), page 136
  2. NLS Maps Retrieved : 2012-11-07
  3. Disused Stations Retrieved : 2012-11-07
  4. 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

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