Lockerbie railway station

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Lockerbie station with its new footbridge in July 2022, with lifts so both platforms are accessible. PXL 20220726 094153594.jpg
Lockerbie station with its new footbridge in July 2022, with lifts so both platforms are accessible.

Lockerbie station is managed by ScotRail, although the company does not provide any services to or from the station. Lockerbie is one of only two railway stations in Scotland not served by ScotRail (the other being Reston). All services are provided by Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express.

TransPennine Express

TransPennine Express provide most services, As of 2022 there is an hourly service to Manchester Airport, a two-hourly service to Edinburgh Waverley (with one larger gap leaving a four-hour gap between services), and a two-hourly service to Glasgow Central, with hourly departures from 7 pm to 12 pm.

Most services are run using Class 397 Civity trains, however a few services between Manchester and Edinburgh used Hitachi Class 802 A-Trains as of 16 May 2022.

Avanti West Coast

Avanti West Coast operate six services on weekdays. There are three trains per day to Glasgow Central, two to London Euston and one to Crewe. On Saturdays, four services call at Lockerbie, two southbound to London and two northbound to Glasgow. On Sundays, three Avanti trains call at Lockerbie, providing services to Glasgow Central, London Euston and Crewe. [18] [19]

Avanti West Coast services are provided using British Rail Class 390 Pendolinos.

Lockerbie

Scottish Gaelic: Locarbaidh [1]
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The exterior of Lockerbie station in June 2010
General information
Location Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway
Scotland
Coordinates 55°07′23″N3°21′15″W / 55.1231°N 3.3541°W / 55.1231; -3.3541
Grid reference NY137817
Managed by ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeLOC
History
Original company Caledonian Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping LMS
Key dates
10 September 1847Station opened
Passengers
2019/20Decrease2.svg 0.252 million
Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Carlisle   Avanti West Coast
London / Birmingham - Glasgow 		  Motherwell
  Avanti West Coast
London / Birmingham - Edinburgh 		  Haymarket
Carlisle   TransPennine Express
Liverpool/Preston-Glasgow 		  Carstairs or
Motherwell or
Glasgow Central
Carlisle   TransPennine Express
Manchester/Preston-Glasgow 		  Motherwell or
Glasgow Central
  TransPennine Express
Manchester/Preston-Edinburgh 		  Haymarket
  Historical railways  
Ecclefechan   Caledonian Railway
Main Line
  Nethercleugh
Terminus  Caledonian Railway
Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway
  Lochmaben

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Notes

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