Dumfries [1st]

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Dumfries [1st] (1848-1849)

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

Opened on the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway.

Description

A passenger terminus located in the later goods yard. replaced almost immediately by a two platform through station to its north (Dumfries [2nd]). Services from Dumfries to Carlisle may have continued to use the terminus.

Tags

Terminus

Books


An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways

Carlisle To Beattock: including the Dumfries Branch (Scottish Main Lines)

The Glasgow & South Western Railway a History