Eastriggs railway station

Eastriggs
Remains of the station in 1991
General information
Location	Eastriggs, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland
Coordinates	54°59′11″N 3°11′18″W / 54.9863°N 3.1884°W / 54.9863; -3.1884
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
23 August 1848 (1848-08-23)	Opened as Dornock[1]
October 1854	Closed[1]
2 January 1865	Re-opened[1]
1 May 1923	Renamed Eastriggs[1][2]
6 December 1965 (1965-12-06)	Closed[2]

Eastriggs railway station was a railway station in Dumfries and Galloway between Annan and Gretna.

Dumfries and Galloway Council are trying to find funding to reopen the station.^[3]

History

The station opened 23 August 1848 as Dornock.^[1] Six years later it was closed for a period of 11 years, from October 1854 until 2 January 1865.^[1] It was renamed as Eastriggs by the London Midland and Scottish Railway on 1 May 1923.^[2]

The station closed on 6 December 1965,^[2] although the line through the station is still open.

Station buildings still exist, currently as private houses.

References

Notes

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.
• 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.

External links

• RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Archived 16 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine

This page was last edited on 22 February 2024, at 03:34