Dinwoodie railway station was a station which served the rural area around the settlement of Dinwoodie, 6 miles north of

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 ...

in Applegarth parish, Scottish county of

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 ...

. It was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line. The nearest station for Dinwoodie is now at

History

Opened by the

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 ...

on 10 September 1847, or 15 February 1848 is another suggested opening date for the station. It became part of the

London Midland and Scottish Railway The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally ...

during the

Grouping Grouping may refer to: * Muenchian grouping * Principles of grouping * Railways Act 1921, also known as Grouping Act, a reorganisation of the British railway system * Grouping (firearms), the pattern of multiple shots from a sidearm See also ...

of 1923 and was then closed by

British Railways British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British ...

in 1960.

Dinwoodie derailment

On 25 October 1928 an accident took place in LMS days near Dinwoodie due to signaller error and fatigue which resulted in a collision from the rear involving two trains. A derailment occurred and the train fell some height from the embankment. Four people were killed and five injured. The two drivers and two firemen died instantly when their double-headed passenger express, the

Royal Highlander The ''Royal Highlander'' was a named passenger train travelling between London, England and Aberdeen, Scotland from 1927. Later it served Inverness, Scotland until it was withdrawn in May 1988. Shortly after its introduction, on 4 October 192 ...

, collided with a broken down freight train and their memorial is in

Stanwix Stanwix is a district of Carlisle, Cumbria in North West England. The ward population (called Stanwix Urban) had a population taken at the 2011 census of 5,934. It is located on the north side of River Eden, across from Carlisle city centre ...

cemetery.Stanwix Cemetery
Retrieved : 2012-11-05

The site today

Trains pass at speed on the electrified West Coast Main Line. The stationmaster's house is now a private dwelling and the platforms have been demolished; the station cottages also survive as private dwellings. A signal box controlled the level crossing on the minor road which has now been closed and an overbridge built nearby.

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Station photograph

Derailment photograph
Disused railway stations in Dumfries and Galloway Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1847 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1960 Former Caledonian Railway stations 1847 establishments in Scotland 1960 disestablishments in Scotland {{DumfriesGalloway-railstation-stub