General information | |
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Location | Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°07′23″N3°21′15″W / 55.1231°N 3.3541°W |
Grid reference | NY137817 |
Managed by | ScotRail |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | LOC |
History | |
Original company | Caledonian Railway |
Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
Post-grouping | LMS |
Key dates | |
10 September 1847 | Opened |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 0.273 million |
2019/20 | 0.252 million |
2020/21 | 34,596 |
2021/22 | 0.159 million |
2022/23 | 0.111 million |
Location | |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Lockerbie railway station is a railway station serving the town of Lockerbie,on the West Coast Main Line,Dumfries and Galloway,Scotland. It is located 75 miles (121 kilometres) south of Glasgow Central and 324 miles (521 kilometres) north of London Euston. The station is owned by Network Rail.
The station was opened along with the first section of the Caledonian Railway's main line from Carlisle in September 1847. The line initially terminated at Beattock,but was completed through to Glasgow &Edinburgh early the following year. A branch line from here to Dumfries 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,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 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 guard 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. [2]
The branch to Dumfries was closed to passenger services by the British Transport Commission in May 1952. Goods traffic continued until 1966,when the line fell victim to the Beeching Axe. 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 British Rail in May 1974 when the West Coast Main Line 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 River Clyde viaduct at Lamington that was damaged by Storm Frank. Trains resumed on 22 February 2016. [3]
Open access operator Grand Union Trains plans to use the station on a Stirling to London Euston service to begin in 2025. [4]
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 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 7AM to 12PM.
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 operate six services on weekdays. There are three trains per day to Glasgow Central, two to London Euston and one to Crewe. On Saturdays 4 services call at Lockerbie, 2 southbound to London and 2 northbound to Glasgow. On Sundays, three Avanti trains call at Lockerbie, providing services to Glasgow Central, London Euston and Crewe. [17] [18]
Avanti West Coast services are provided using British Rail Class 390 Pendolinos.
The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow with branches to Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Edinburgh. It is one of the busiest mixed-traffic railway routes in Europe, carrying a mixture of intercity rail, regional rail, commuter rail and rail freight traffic. The core route of the WCML runs from London to Glasgow for 399 miles (642 km) and was opened from 1837 to 1869. With additional lines deviating to Northampton, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh, this totals a route mileage of 700 miles (1,127 km). The Glasgow–Edinburgh via Carstairs line connects the WCML to Edinburgh. However, the main London–Edinburgh route is the East Coast Main Line. Several sections of the WCML form part of the suburban railway systems in London, Coventry, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow, with many more smaller commuter stations, as well as providing links to more rural towns.
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Beattock railway station was a station which served the village of Beattock, in the parish of Kirkpatrick-Juxta in the Scottish county of Dumfries and Galloway. It was served by trains on what was originally the Caledonian Main Line, and is now known as the West Coast Main Line. Between 1881 and 1964, Beattock was also the junction for the short branch line to Moffat. Following closure in 1972, the nearest station is at Lockerbie.
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 later to Portpatrick for the Irish ferry service. It opened in 1863, closed to ordinary passenger services in 1952, and closed completely in 1966.
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Lochmaben railway station was a station which served Lochmaben, in the Scottish county of Dumfries and Galloway. It was served by trains on a local line which ran between the Caledonian Main Line at Lockerbie and the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway at Dumfries.
Locharbriggs railway station was a station which served Locharbriggs, in the Scottish county of Dumfries and Galloway. It was served by trains on a local line which ran between the Caledonian Main Line at Lockerbie and the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway at Dumfries.