Kirtlebridge railway station

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°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]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Kirtlebridge railway station was a station which served the rural area around Kirtlebridge and Eaglesfield, north of Annan in Dumfriesshire, Scotland; the location is now within the area of Dumfries and Galloway unitary council.

The station was served by local trains on the Caledonian Railway main line between Carlisle and Glasgow, now the West Coast Main Line, and the station 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 following the Grouping of 1923 and was then closed by British Railways in 1960. The station was the junction for the Solway Junction Railway, which connected the mineral districts of Cumberland and Westmoreland to the Caledonian line.

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Passenger services on the Solway line as far as Annan were withdrawn on the 27 April 1931, the line south of Annan over the Solway Viaduct having already closed completely. Goods services were withdrawn on 28 February 1955.[3]

Accident

A rail crash that took place on 2 October 1872 when a night express passenger train from London ran at 40 mph into a shunting goods train. Eleven passengers and one engineman were killed.

Location

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 nearby, but it has also been demolished.[4]

Caledonian Railway Main Line

Legend
 Carstairs to Carlisle 
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(Private halt)
 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 Border Union Railway
 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 & Carlisle Railway
 Settle-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

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