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Sanquhar Sanquhar ( sco, Sanchar, gd, Seanchair) is a village on the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, north of Thornhill and west of Moffat. It is a former Royal Burgh. It is notable for its tiny post office, established in 1712 and con ...

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 counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...

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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 a ...

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British Rail 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 rai ...

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Sanquhar railway station is a

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in the village of

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. The station is owned by

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Glasgow South Western Line The Glasgow South Western Line is a mainline railway in Scotland that runs from Glasgow to Kilmarnock, and then either via Dumfries, or Stranraer via Ayr, with a branch to East Kilbride. History The line was built by several railway compan ...

. The old station buildings are in use as a holiday home. The station was re-opened (in 1994) together with , , , and after initially falling victim to the

Beeching Axe The Beeching cuts (also Beeching Axe) was a plan to increase the efficiency of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain. The plan was outlined in two reports: ''The Reshaping of British Railways'' (1963) and ''The Development of the ...

in December 1965. remained open but has also seen significant investment in its infrastructure.

Railway Mishap 1966

On Sunday 14 August 1966, the previous evening's 22:10 Glasgow Central – London Euston consisting of five seating coaches, eight sleeping cars and two parcels vans hauled by EE Type 4 locomotive No. D311 crashed into a landslide between Sanquhar and Carrondale at 00:30. The loco and first ten coaches were derailed. None of the 270 passengers and four train crew were injured.

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On Monday to Saturdays, there are 9 trains per day in each direction towards Dumfries (6 of these continue to Carlisle with 1 onwards to Newcastle) and Glasgow Central running on a mostly 2 hourly frequency, however there can be gaps up to 4 hours at certain times of the day. On Sundays, there are 2 trains per day in each direction towards Carlisle and Glasgow.

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File:Nithsdale 2 railwaygeograph-2165305-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg, Nithsdale south of Sanquhar in 1961 File:Nithsdale railway geograph-2161641.jpg, Down freight on the Nithsdale Anglo-Scottish main line in 1961 Railway stations in Dumfries and Galloway Railway stations served by ScotRail Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1994 Beeching closures in Scotland Former Glasgow and South Western Railway stations Reopened railway stations in Great Britain 1850 establishments in Scotland Sanquhar {{DumfriesGalloway-railstation-stub

Railway Mishap 1966

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