Dumfries railway station

Dumfries National Rail
Location
Place Dumfries
Local authority Dumfries and Galloway
Coordinates 55°04′22″N 3°36′16″W / 55.0728°N 3.6045°W / 55.0728; -3.6045Coordinates: 55°04′22″N 3°36′16″W / 55.0728°N 3.6045°W / 55.0728; -3.6045
Grid reference NX976765
Operations
Station code DMF
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Increase 0.360 million
– Interchange  Increase 69
2011/12 Increase 0.374 million
– Interchange  Increase 82
2012/13 Decrease 0.366 million
– Interchange  Increase 84
2013/14 Increase 0.369 million
– Interchange  Increase 85
2014/15 Increase 0.381 million
– Interchange  Decrease 83
History
1848 Opened
1850 Line to Glasgow opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dumfries from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Dumfries railway station serves the town of Dumfries in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow South Western Line and is managed by Abellio ScotRail who provide nearly all passenger train services. It is staffed on a part-time basis throughout the week. Train services are provided by Abellio ScotRail and Northern

History

Opened by the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway in 1848, the line serving it was extended northwards to Kilmarnock and Glasgow two years later (the GD&CR became part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway at the same time). It subsequently became the junction for branches to Castle Douglas and Stranraer (opened between 1859 and 1861), Lockerbie (opened in 1863 and taken over in 1865 by the Caledonian Railway) and latterly to Moniaive (Cairn Valley Railway, opened in 1905). All of these later lines have now closed (the Port Road to Stranraer being the last to go in June 1965), leaving only the original G&SWR main line open to serve the town. The Beeching Axe cutting the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway and Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railway has resulted in adverse mileage to connect Stranraer with a longer line via Kilmarnock and Ayr. The journey by railway and ferry via Stranraer to Larne Harbour or since the line closed to the Port of Belfast is much longer.

Carnation built a condensed milk factory in Dumfries that opened in 1935, eventually constructing three units producing tin cans, condensed milk and latterly Coffeemate. The original factory had private siding access to the station's good yard, which gave access for milk trains to the facility, in both delivering raw product as well as distribution to London. Milk trains stopped in the mid-1970s. The US-parent company was bought by Nestle in 1985, after which a decline in the facility began. CoffeeMate production ceased in 2000, after which the site was fully redeveloped as an industrial estate.[1]

Services 2016

ScotRail

The service from the station is somewhat infrequent with trains running to different patterns during the day, these are as follows:

Mon-Fri, there is a 2 hourly service (with a few peak time extras) to Carlisle (3 extend to Newcastle via Hexham) and a mostly 2 hourly service to Kilmarnock and Glasgow Central (there is a 3-hour gap in the morning).[2]

On Saturdays, there is a full hourly service to Carlisle and a mostly 2-hourly service to Glasgow.

On Sundays, there is a limited service of 5 trains per day to Carlisle and just 2 to Glasgow.

Northern

Northern provide 2 daily services (both early morning) from Dumfries to Newcastle and also provide 1 arrival from Carlisle on Monday to Saturdays. No Sunday service.[3]

Racks, Ruthwell and Cummertrees stations once existed between Dumfries and Annan.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Annan   Abellio ScotRail
Glasgow South Western Line
   Sanquhar

1960

2009

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "Dumfries". John & Morag Williams. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
  2. ↑ Table 216 National Rail timetable, May 2016
  3. ↑ Table 48 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

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