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Lockerbie Lockerbie (, gd, Locarbaidh) is a small town in Dumfries and Galloway, south-western Scotland. It is about from Glasgow, and from the border with England. The 2001 Census recorded its population as 4,009. The town came to international atte ...

Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the historic counties of Dumfriesshire, Kirkc ...

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ScotRail ScotRail Trains Limited, trading as ScotRail ( gd, Rèile na h-Alba), is a Scottish train operating company that is publicly owned by Scottish Rail Holdings on behalf of the Scottish Government. It has been operating the ScotRail franchise ...

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Caledonian Railway The Caledonian Railway (CR) was a major Scottish railway company. It was formed in the early 19th century with the objective of forming a link between English railways and Glasgow. It progressively extended its network and reached Edinburgh an ...

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between and Carstairs in

, Scotland. It is located south of Glasgow Central and north of London Euston. The station is owned by

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History

The station was opened along with the first section of the

's main line from in September 1847. The line initially terminated at , but was completed through to Glasgow & Edinburgh early the following year. A branch line from here to via Lochmaben was completed in September 1863 – this was constructed by the independent ''Dumfries, Lochmaben & Lockerbie Railway'', but was absorbed by the Caledonian company two years later. Though this route allowed the Caledonian company to reach Dumfries and thus compete with the rival

Glasgow and South Western Railway The Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) was a railway company in Scotland. It served a triangular area of south-west Scotland between Glasgow, Stranraer and Carlisle. It was formed on 28 October 1850 by the merger of two earlier railways ...

, it never developed beyond country branch status. On 4 May 1882, an accident occurred when the branch service from Stranraer via the

Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway The Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway was a railway in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It connected Dumfries with Lockerbie via Lochmaben. Promoted independently, it was absorbed by the Caledonian Railway to give access to Dumfriesshire and late ...

passed a signal and entered the station at 23:25. It collided at low speed, with a goods train already on the northbound line. This collision, though minor, forced carriages from the goods train onto the southbound line and into the path of the speeding Glasgow Express which smashed into the wreckage and derailed onto the station platform. Seven people were killed, including the driver and fireman of the express. The

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from the express ran down the line to warn another approaching train of the accident and prevented a further collision. There were 300 injuries. The driver of the first train, the Lockerbie station master and the local inspection regime were all criticised for their actions in the subsequent report on the crash. The branch to Dumfries was closed to passenger services by the

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in May 1952. Goods traffic continued until 1966, when the line fell victim to the

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. Except Lockerbie all other local stations on the main line between Carlisle and Carstairs closed during the 1960s. The first electrically operated passenger services operated by

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in May 1974 when the

electrification project between Weaver Junction & Glasgow was completed. Services northwards to Glasgow and Edinburgh were suspended in January 2016 and replaced by buses, whilst major repairs were carried out the

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viaduct at

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that was damaged by Storm Frank. Trains resumed on 22 February 2016.

Stationmasters

*James Chesney from 1863 (formerly station master at Beattock) *John Wallace 1875 - 1881 *John Stothart 1881 - 1883 (formerly station master at West Calder) *David Wightman 1883 - 1901 (formerly station master at Busby) *Kenneth Wilson 1901 - 1905 (formerly station master at Kelvinbridge) *Samuel Kerr 1905 - 1914 (formerly station master at Uddingston, afterwards station master at Lanark) *William Steele 1914 - 1924 (formerly station master at Peebles) *John Dickson 1924 - 1925 (formerly station master at Peebles) *William Scougall 1925 - 1931 (formerly station master at Peebles) *William Tinning from 1931 (formerly station master at Newmains) *James W. Collins 1938 - 1939 (formerly station master at Dumbarton, afterwards station master at Stirling) *William Copland 1948 - 1949 (formerly station master at Gleneagles) *David M.Tyndall 1949 - 1958 (formerly station master at Brechin)

Services and current operations

Lockerbie station is managed by

although the company does not provide any services to or from the station. Lockerbie is one of only two railway stations in Scotland that are not served by ScotRail (the other being Reston). All services are provided by

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and

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TransPennine Express

provide most services, As of 2022 this is as follows: There is an hourly service to Manchester Airport, a two hourly service to Edinburgh Waverley (with one larger gap meaning a four hour gap between services) and a two hourly service to Glasgow Central (with hourly departures in the morning between 7AM and 12PM). Most services are run using

Class 397 The British Rail Class 397 '' Civity'' is a class of electric multiple unit built by Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF for lease to TransPennine Express by Eversholt Rail Group. A total of twelve five-car units were built to operate servi ...

Civity trains, however a small number of services between Manchester and Edinburgh are run using Class 802 IET trains (as of 16th May 2022).

Avanti West Coast

operate five daily services. There are two trains per day to Glasgow Central, two to London Euston and one to Crewe. On Sundays, there is only one Avanti train that calls at Lockerbie, running to Glasgow Central. All Avanti West Coast services are provided using

Class 390 The British Rail Class 390 ''Pendolino'' is a type of electric high-speed passenger train operated by Avanti West Coast in the United Kingdom, leased from Angel Trains. They are electric multiple units using Fiat Ferroviaria's tilting train Pe ...

Pendolino trains.

References

Notes

Sources

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RAILSCOT on Caledonian Railway

External links

* {{Railway stations served by TransPennine Express Railway stations in Dumfries and Galloway Former Caledonian Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1847 Railway stations served by TransPennine Express Railway stations served by Avanti West Coast 1847 establishments in Scotland William Tite railway stations Lockerbie Railway stations in Great Britain not served by their managing company Stations on the West Coast Main Line