Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway

Introduction

This railway is closed. The line opened in 1863 and closed in 1966. It came to be owned by the Caledonian Railway, connecting its main line at Lockerbie to the Glasgow and South Western Railway at Dumfries. The Caledonian purchased the line in 1865. The connection was to prove particularly advantageous to the Caledonian when it took lease of the Portpatrick Railway between 1864 and 1885, making that line an extension of the Caledonian rather than the geographically more appropriate G&SWR. After 1885 it settled down to being a branch. The line was single track and the Caledonian did not have its own station in Dumfries, using the bay platforms (now filled in) at the current station as its terminus. It did have its own large goods yard to the east of the passenger station.





Dates

  /  /1860Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway
Act receives Royal assent. Line given running powers to run into Lockerbie (Caledonian Railway) and Dumfries (Glasgow and South Western Railway) stations.
19/04/1861Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway
Company to use Dumfries permanently.
  /  /1863Caledonian Railway
Authorisation to stop up Lockerbie station level crossing and replace with road bridge. Improvements to station authorised. (Around the time of the opening of the Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway.)
  /08/1863Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway
Single road stone locomotive shed opened at Dumfries St Mary's Shed [CR] with a 42ft turntable.
01/09/1863Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway
The Caledonian Railway associated Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway is opened giving the company access to Dumfries. In response the Portpatrick Railway applies for running powers over the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway to Dumfries and the Caledonian Railway negotiates running the Portpatrick Railway, a blow to the Glasgow and South Western Railway which had considered the Portpatrick line to be within its territory.
  /  /1865Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway Caledonian Railway
Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway. The Caledonian Railway grants running powers to the London and North Western Railway between Carlisle Citadel, Lockerbie and Dumfries.
19/06/1882Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway
Authorisation to shut up level crossing at Lochmaben, to be replaced by a bridge.
  /  /1902Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway
Dumfries turntable replaced with a 60ft one.
  /12/1923Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway
Dumfries St Mary's Shed [CR] converted for wagon repairs.
19/05/1952Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway
Dumfries to Lockerbie closed to passengers.
  /  /1960Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway
Dumfries St Mary's Shed [CR] demolished.
07/10/1965Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway
Highland 103 covers the line and then runs north via Beattock.
18/04/1966Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway
Dumfries to Lockerbie closed to freight.
18/11/1966Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway
Lockerbie to Dumfries closed.

Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


Lockerbie to Dumfries Goods

This is a two platform station. The main station building is on the northbound platform. This building, by William Tite, is in Tudor style, with crow-stepped gables and remains standing. The central part is two storey and attic and side wings single storey. The platforms were canopied. A modern, somewhat grim, canopy runs for part of the length of the main building.
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Caledonian Railway
GBRF 66704 hauls the empty Castle Cement tanks from Mossend to Carlisle on the afternoon of Saturday 19 June 2021. The train is seen about a mile ...
John McIntyre 19/06/2021
The 1S51 Preston to Glasgow Central, operated with TPE 397003, departs from Lockerbie on 8 July 2021. ...
John McIntyre 08/07/2021
The 1252 Edinburgh to Euston via Birmingham disappears southwards having passed non-stop through Lockerbie on 08 July 2021. ...
John McIntyre 08/07/2021
A Voyager catches the late afternoon sunshine as it hurries southwards at Lockerbie on 27 May 2012. ...
John McIntyre 27/05/2012
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This was a two platform station, crossed by a road bridge, diverted from its original course and subsequently routed back to its original course.
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The Railway Inn in Lochmaben was to the south west of the station, of which nothing remains. The station would have been out of shot off the right in ...
Ewan Crawford //1998
The trackbed of the DL&L looking north west from Lochmaben on 20 May 2008, with the station site behind the camera. The double track through the ...
John Furnevel 20/05/2008
Scene at Lochmaben in May 2008 looking south east towards the station site, of which no trace remains. Lochmaben closed in 1952, although the line ...
John Furnevel 20/05/2008
View west towards Lochmaben town centre (and the Railway Inn) on 20 May 2008 with the B7020 just visible on the left. The white bungalow on the right ...
John Furnevel 20/05/2008
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This was a two platform station with a passing loop built on a single track railway. The main station building was on the eastbound platform with a waiting room on the westbound platform, reached by the footbridge. It was west of Shieldhill Farm.
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Jubilee 45588 Kashmir makes a photostop at Shieldhill, midway between Lockerbie and Dumfries, on 15 April 1963 with Scottish Rambler No ...
John Robin 15/04/1963
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Road approach to the former station at Amisfield on the Dumfries - Lockerbie line in 2008. The platform ran along the rear of the building at first ...
John Furnevel 22/05/2008
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A series of quarries were served by the Caledonian Railway north of Locharbriggs station on the Lockerbie to Dumfries line.
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This was a single platform station in the village of Locharbriggs. The station was overshadowed by the considerable Locharbriggs Quarries (sandstone) which were rail served and to the north west of the station.
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This was the 3rd factory of Arrol-Johnston, replacing the works based in the Underwood Weaving Mills. The factory was built from new using ferro-concrete.
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This is an iron bridge, formerly an occupation bridge connecting Heathhall Farm (west) to a field (east). The bridge is not intact but striking. Unusually attractive perhaps to please a landowner. The farm is now housing. C listed.
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This junction was north of Dumfries station on the now closed line to Lockerbie, the Caledonian Railway owned Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway. It provided access to either Dumfries, Lockerbie Junction, (shared with the Glasgow and South Western Railway) or Dumfries Goods [CR] (St Mary's Goods and Dumfries St Mary's Shed [CR]) for trains approaching ...

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A busy scene at the north end of Dumfries on 15 April 1963. Photograph taken from a window of Scottish Rambler No 2 which is waiting to enter ...
John Robin 15/04/1963
Jubilee 4-6-0 no 45588 Kashmir westbound on the former Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Junction route on 15 April 1963 with the 4-day SLS/BLS ...
K A Gray 15/04/1963
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This goods station was to east of Dumfries station. It was a goods station only approached from Dumfries Goods Junction on the Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway, rather than the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway main line which remains open.
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The former Caledonian Railway goods warehouse at Dumfries in 1993. The building has since been demolished.
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Bill Roberton //1993
The only surviving building of what was a large Caledonian goods depot to the east of the current Dumfries station. This former goods shed, seen here ...
John Furnevel 10/11/2005
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Dumfries Connection

This junction was north of Dumfries station on the now closed line to Lockerbie, the Caledonian Railway owned Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway. It provided access to either Dumfries, Lockerbie Junction, (shared with the Glasgow and South Western Railway) or Dumfries Goods [CR] (St Mary's Goods and Dumfries St Mary's Shed [CR]) for trains approaching ...

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A busy scene at the north end of Dumfries on 15 April 1963. Photograph taken from a window of Scottish Rambler No 2 which is waiting to enter ...
John Robin 15/04/1963
Jubilee 4-6-0 no 45588 Kashmir westbound on the former Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Junction route on 15 April 1963 with the 4-day SLS/BLS ...
K A Gray 15/04/1963
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This junction was at the north end of Dumfries station and was formed between the 1859 Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway and the 1863 Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway. To reach the D&CDR the DL&LR crossed the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway (Glasgow and South Western Railway main line) on the level.
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Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway
Corkerhill based Jubilee 45621 Northern Rhodesia heading home after leaving Dumfries on Saturday 15 July 1961 with a down Leeds relief. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 15/07/1961
Black 5 44675 approaching Dumfries on 16 July 1961 with a St Enoch - Carlisle semi-fast. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 16/07/1961
Jubilee 45710 Irresistible of Newton Heath shed takes a Saturday Manchester - Glasgow train north away from the Dumfries stop on 15 July 1961. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 15/07/1961
Weekend PW activity taking place at the north end of Dumfries on 15 July 1956. Passing the works slowly on the right is Corkerhill Jubilee 4-6-0 no ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 15/07/1956
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This is a two platform station with red sandstone buildings and glazed canopies in the east of the centre of Dumfries. The station is noted for its fine station gardens.
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Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
A trainload of imported coal from Hunterston destined for Drax power station rumbles south through Dumfries on a fine May morning in 2008. The area in ...
John Furnevel 20/05/2008
The Station Cafe sits on platform 2 Southbound at Dumfries Railway Station. Highly recommended! ...
John Yellowlees 23/05/2023
One of three superb paintings by Jo McSkimming for the People's Project at Dumfries Station. ...
John Yellowlees 02/08/2017
Black 5 45164, photographed shortly after arrival at Dumfries with an afternoon service from Stranraer in June 1965. ...
Brian Haslehust 05/06/1965
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