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Dumfries station footbridge will permanently close after the last train through the station on Friday night (December 15).
(Permalink) Dumfries Footbridge  Dumfries: Looking north from the overbridge at Dumfries Station on 14th June 2022.
 Dumfries: Dumfries, northern end of station showing proposed bridge.
Dumfries residents were given a first look at the plans during a community event in the town earlier this month, where it was revealed th ...  Dumfries: A Carlisle to Glasgow service pulls out of the well-kept Dumfries station on 25 June 2019. A more or less hourly service is provided to and from Carlisle with alternate trains terminating on this plat ... |
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Scotland's Railway will begin construction work to provide step-free access between platforms at Dumfries station.
(Permalink) Dumfries  Dumfries: Network Rail has applied for listed building consent to make the station easier to access for passengers.
Network Rail has submitted a planning application to make Dumfries station more easily acce ... Dumfries: Dumfries, northern end of station showing proposed bridge.
Dumfries residents were given a first look at the plans during a community event in the town earlier this month, where it was revealed th ... Dumfries: A Carlisle to Glasgow service pulls out of the well-kept Dumfries station on 25 June 2019. A more or less hourly service is provided to and from Carlisle with alternate trains terminating on this plat ... |
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Dumfries and Galloway Councils Planning Applications Committee has approved Listed Building Consent for access improvements to Dumfries station.
(Permalink) Accessability Dumfries Dumfries: Dumfries, northern end of station showing proposed bridge.
Dumfries residents were given a first look at the plans during a community event in the town earlier this month, where it was revealed th ... |
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Opponents say the new structure - to improve access - is out of keeping with its surroundings.
(Permalink) Dumfries Dumfries: Network Rail has applied for listed building consent to make the station easier to access for passengers.
Network Rail has submitted a planning application to make Dumfries station more easily acce ... Dumfries: Dumfries, northern end of station showing proposed bridge.
Dumfries residents were given a first look at the plans during a community event in the town earlier this month, where it was revealed th ... Dumfries: A Carlisle to Glasgow service pulls out of the well-kept Dumfries station on 25 June 2019. A more or less hourly service is provided to and from Carlisle with alternate trains terminating on this plat ... |
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A new footbridge being proposed at a historic station would not be in keeping with its surroundings, it has been claimed.
Network Rail has applied for listed building consent to improve access for passengers in Dumfries. It said the new structure would allow 'step-free access' across both platforms. However, concerns have been raised that it would be 'out of scale' with the B-listed Victorian station buildings. [See item of the 26th for announcement. -RS] (Permalink) Dumfries Dumfries: Dumfries, northern end of station showing proposed bridge.
Dumfries residents were given a first look at the plans during a community event in the town earlier this month, where it was revealed th ... |
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Network Rail has applied for listed building consent to make the station easier to access for passengers.
(Permalink) Accessibility Dumfries Dumfries: Network Rail has applied for listed building consent to make the station easier to access for passengers.
Network Rail has submitted a planning application to make Dumfries station more easily acce ... Dumfries: Dumfries, northern end of station showing proposed bridge.
Dumfries residents were given a first look at the plans during a community event in the town earlier this month, where it was revealed th ... Dumfries: A Carlisle to Glasgow service pulls out of the well-kept Dumfries station on 25 June 2019. A more or less hourly service is provided to and from Carlisle with alternate trains terminating on this plat ... |
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Network Rail has worked with architects and a number of stakeholders to produce the design which introduces a new footbridge and lifts to provide step-free access across both platforms.
(Permalink) Accessibility Dumfries  Dumfries: The filled-in bays at the north end of Dumfries station in May 2002 with a Carlisle - Glasgow Central service about to restart from through platform 1. |
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Access for All project will benefit passengers at Dumfries station.
(Permalink) Accessibility Dumfries |
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Campaigners believe reopening the line is more beneficial than plans to duel a major arterial road through the region and be better for the environment.
(Permalink) Dumfries Port Road Stranraer  Loch Skerrow: Tablets being exchanged at Loch Skerrow, seen from a Dumfries to Stranraer service hauled by Black 5 44677 (fitted with a self-weighing tender).  Castle Douglas: Black 5 44677 pauses at Castle Douglas with a Dumfries to Stranraer service, shortly before closure of the line.  Newton Stewart: View from a Dumfries to Stranraer service arriving at Newton Stewart in June 1965. The pleasant appearance of the station belies the fact that it was about to be part of the much-lamented closure of t ... |
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Alan Mclellan walked the old Port Road from Dumfries to Portpatrick and reckons a bit of tidying up would allow others to follow suit
(Permalink) Castle Douglas Dumfries Newton Stewart Port Road Portpatrick Stranraer  Maxwelltown: Shortly after leaving Dumfries northbound, trains on the Port Road to Stranraer turned west and crossed a bridge over Nunholme Road. The remains of that bridge mark the start of what is now the Maxwel ...  Big Water of Fleet Viaduct: The impressive twenty arch Big Water of Fleet Viaduct looking south in May 2012.  Loch Skerrow: The site of the signalbox at Loch Skerrow viewed from the end of the remaining platform looking east. Note the felled water column. |
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South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has slammed the Scottish Government after it emerged there are no plans to re-open the railway between Dumfries and Stranraer. The local MSP asked the Scottish Government 'whether it supports the reopening of the railway between Dumfries and Stranraer'. And a written response from Transport Minister Jenny Gilruth stated: 'An option for reopening the rail line between Dumfries and Stranraer was assessed as part of the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) ...'
(Permalink) Castle Douglas Dumfries Newton Stewart Port Road Stranraer  Castle Douglas: Standard 2-6-4T 80117 at Castle Douglas with a Dumfries to Kirkcudbright service in April 1965.  Stranraer Town: BR light Pacific 72009 Clan Stewart prepares to leave Stranraer Town on 16 July 1956 with the 7.25 service to Glasgow St Enoch.  Newton Stewart: A Black 5 with a Stranraer-bound train pauses at Newton Stewart in April 1965, approximately 2 months before closure. The station was formerly the junction for the Whithorn branch, which had closed co ... |
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South Scotland MSP claims the full schedule still offers fewer trains than were running before the coronavirus pandemic.
(Permalink) Dumfries Glasgow and South Western Main Line ScotRail Timetabling |
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Politicians have been inundated with complaints from commuters and other members of the public.
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Galloway and West Dumfries MSP Finlay Carson has warned the Scottish Government must get real in its drive to encourage more people onto public transport.
(Permalink) Dumfries Pricing Stranraer Timetabling  Stranraer: The 09.23 from Ayr on arrival, 8-10-19. The vast majority of passengers (11) was from our photoclub.  Dumfries: View over Dumfries station looking north east from the Station Hotel on 7 November 2018. Dumfries signal box is visible in the background. |
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Trains are currently unable to pass over the Annan viaduct as reports of two road bridges being 'washed away' on the river Annan affect transport.
(Permalink) Annan Annan Viaduct Carlisle Dumfries Flooding Road bridges washed away Weather  Annan Viaduct: Railway bridge over the River Annan just west of Annan station, photographed in May 2007 from the east bank of the river. [Ref query 6889] |
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Two bridges are washed away and the Carlisle to Dumfries rail line shut amid more heavy downpours.
(Permalink) Annan Annan Viaduct Carlisle Dumfries Flooding Road bridges washed away Weather |
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Network Rail said two road bridges had been 'washed away'.
(Permalink) Annan Annan Viaduct Carlisle Dumfries Flooding Road bridges washed away Weather |
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Chris Rosindale's study argues that reopening the line would be easier and cheaper than dualling the A75
(Permalink) Castle Douglas Dumfries Newton Stewart Port Road Stranraer  Castle Douglas: Two railway buildings still stand at the site of Castle Douglas station in 2021. One is the stone built goods shed, in use as a hardware store (see image [[34786]]), the other is this heavily disguise ... Big Water of Fleet Viaduct: The impressive twenty arch Big Water of Fleet Viaduct looking south in May 2012.  Newton Stewart: The old goods yard at Newton Stewart in May 2007, now part of a plant hire operation, with the former goods shed still performing a useful function 42 years after closure of the line. |
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Work is underway to upgrade drainage systems and re-profile embankments to reduce the risk of flooding and landslips on the line between Sanquhar and Dumfries.
(Permalink) Drainage Dumfries Embankments Flooding Glasgow and South Western Railway Maintenance Sanquhar |
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Andrew Haines, the Chief Executive of Network Rail, was guest of honour at the 2020 National Railway Heritage Awards as the winners in this year's competition were announced in a virtual ceremony, reflecting the fact that restrictions on the holding of public gatherings as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis meant that the usual annual ceremony held at Merchant Taylors' Hall had had to be cancelled.
The Urban Heritage Award, sponsored by the Arch Company, was made to Network Rail and LNER for the impressive work completed at Berwick-on-Tweed station over a number of years, work that recognised not only the importance of the station itself but also the sensitivity of the historic site on which it stands. The London Underground Operational Enhancement Award went to the Network Rail and Story Construction Ltd for the complex work undertaken at Stirling station in Scotland in restoring the platform canopies and footbridge whilst incorporating successfully the overhead line equipment associated with the 25kV electrification of the line through to Alloa. Highly commended entries: There were three unusual entrants that all featured restored graves; it was decided to reward these each with a chairmans special Highly Commended Certificate. The last was made to the Friends of Scrayingham and Leppington Village for the restoration of the grave of the 'Railway King', George Hudson, in Scrayingham churchyard. Highly commended entries: Partnership Award: Pitlochry salt store Conservation Award: Dumbarton Central station roof tiles, Lanark station railings Community Award: Dumfries station (Permalink) Andrew Haines Berwick-on-Tweed Dumbarton Central Dumfries George Hudson Lanark Network Rail Pitlochry Stirling  Dumbarton Central: Up on the roof; in the background workmen are repairing the roof of the westbound platforms building.  Stirling: A Dunblane service calls at Stirling on 21 August 2019. I'm not quite sure why this class has one eyebrow raised; it certainly doesn't help its looks. |
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Dumfries Adopters Railway Gardeners were thrilled to receive plants, bulbs and bird food from kind-hearted folk.
(Permalink) Dumfries Station Adoption |
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DARG days have come to Dumfries Station.
A newly-formed team of volunteers have taken up the gauntlet, left by the former South West Railway Adopters Gardening Group, and are beautifying the busy train station on the Nith Valley Line. The team are looking for new volunteers to join them to help bring the garden back to life after lockdown, under the auspices of the Adopt-A-Station scheme operated by Scotrail. (Permalink) Dumfries Station adoption Station garden  Dumfries: Volunteers at Dumfries station in July standing alongside some of the striking floral displays that now adorn the platforms.  Dumfries: Trompe l'oeil paintings at Dumfries station on 24 October 2014 see image [[10436]]. |
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Commitment to decarbonise passenger rail services by 2035. Plans to decarbonise Scotland's rail passenger services by 2035 have been launched by Transport Secretary Michael Matheson today.
Railscot note - PDF page 8 shows electrification of lines by 2035: - Glasgow - Aberdeen - Inverurie - All lines in Fife including Levenmouth - Highland Main Line - Borders line - Glasgow - Barrhead - Dumfries - Carlisle - East Kilbride - Kilmarnock - Ayr - Anniesland - Maryhill Partial electrification or alternative technology: - Ayr- Girvan - Inverurie - Inverness - Tain Battery or alternative technology: - West Highland Lines - Far North Line - Kyle Line - Girvan - Stranraer (Permalink) Aberdeen Barrhead Battery train Borders line Dumfries East Kilbride Electrification Far North Line Fife Girvan Highland Main Line Inverurie Kilmarnock Kyle Line Levenmouth Maryhill Stranraer Tain West Highland Lines  Scotland: Transport Scotland - Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan for 2035. Lines shown in red are to be electrified. Those in yellow to be alternative traction, possibly prior to electrification. Those ... |
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Reopening the line between Dumfries and Stranraer is among draft proposals for south west Scotland.
(Permalink) Dumfries Port Road Stranraer  Castle Douglas: 40170 comes off the Kirkcudbright branch under Ernespie Road bridge and into Castle Douglas station on a wet Monday in July 1956. The train is a stopping service for Dumfries.  Newton Stewart: 45432 calls at Newton Stewart on 5 September 1961 with the 3.40pm Stranraer - Dumfries.  Big Water of Fleet Viaduct: April 1965, just two months before closure of the 'Port Road' direct line from Dumfries to Stranraer. A Stranraer-bound mixed freight train headed by a Stanier 'Black 5' crosses the Big Water of Fleet ... |
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The Maxwelltown Branch has been lifted for scrap. This was the eastern end of the old Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway and part of the Port Road. The stub survived the rest of the line to serve oil sidings at Maxwelltown and chemical sidings at Cargenden. The only section of the Port Road to remain open now is that between the former Challoch Junction and Stranraer.
(Permalink) Dumfries Maxwelltown Stranraer  Maxwelltown: Road approach to the former Maxwelltown station in 2017. The station, now a private residence, closed to passengers in 1939. The old station yard off to the right saw use as a rail served fuel distrib ...  Maxwelltown: The Port Road looking west through Maxwelltown towards Stranraer in May 2003, with the line having reverted to nature. Part of the fuel distribution depot can just be seen beyond the station building ...  Maxwelltown: View east from Terregles Road, Maxwelltown, looking towards Dumfries on 29 May 2007, following conversion of the old trackbed into what has now become the 'Maxwelltown Railway Path'. For the same view ... |
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