Ecclefechan railway station

Ecclefechan
Location
Place Ecclefechan
Area Dumfries and Galloway
Coordinates 55°03′59″N 3°17′01″W / 55.0665°N 3.2837°W / 55.0665; -3.2837Coordinates: 55°03′59″N 3°17′01″W / 55.0665°N 3.2837°W / 55.0665; -3.2837
Grid reference NY1811575423
Operations
Original company Caledonian Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms 2
History
10 September 1847 Station opens[1]
13 June 1960 Station close[1]
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Ecclefechan railway station was a station which served the rural area around Ecclefechan, south of Lockerbie in Applegarth parish, Scottish county of Dumfries and Galloway. It was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line. The nearest station for Ecclefechan 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 British Railways in 1960. The station had a goods shed with a signal box on the platform next to it. Several sidings were present and a minor road to Nether Collinhirst had run through the site.[2]

Accidents and incidents

  • On 28 January 1854 an accident occurred near Ecclefechan when a goods train which left Glasgow for Carlisle on the evening of the 27th, was, after repeated mishaps, brought to a stand between the Ecclefechan and Kirtlebridge stations. The train was run into by a passenger train going in the same direction, at 2 1⁄2 miles (4 km) from Ecclefechan. The injuries to the passengers were not serious; two ladies suffered slightly, and the driver was hurt when he jumped from the engine of the passenger train, which, as well as the van of the goods train, was badly damaged.[3]
  • On 21 July 1945, an express passenger train overran signals and was in collision with a freight train that was being shunted. Two people were killed and 31 were injured.[4]

The site today

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Kirtlebridge
Line open; Station closed		   Caledonian Railway
Main Line
   Lockerbie
Line open; Station open

Trains pass at speed on the electrified West Coast Main Line. The station has been demolished, however part of one of the platforms survives.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Butt (1995), page 88
  2. ↑ 25inch OS Map
  3. ↑ Railway Archive Retrieved : 2012-11-06
  4. ↑ Hoole, Ken (1983). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 4. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 48. ISBN 0 906899 07 9.

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 978-1-85260-508-7. 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • RAILSCOT on Caledonian Railway
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