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Ecclefechan railway station

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Place
  
Ecclefechan

Grid reference
  
NY1811575423

10 September 1847
  
Station opens

Platforms in use
  
2

Area
  
Dumfries and Galloway

Pre-grouping
  
Caledonian Railway

Original company
  
Caledonian Railway

Post-grouping
  
London Midland and Scottish Railway

Similar
  
Dinwoodie railway station, Kirtlebridge railway station, Wamphray railway station, Moffat railway station, Elvanfoot railway station

Ecclefechan railway station was a station which served the rural area around Ecclefechan, south of Lockerbie in Applegarth parish, Scottish county of Dumfries and Galloway. It was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line. The nearest station for Ecclefechan is now at Lockerbie.

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History

Opened by the Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923 and was then closed by British Railways in 1960. The station had a goods shed with a signal box on the platform next to it. Several sidings were present and a minor road to Nether Collinhirst had run through the site.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 28 January 1854 an accident occurred near Ecclefechan when a goods train which left Glasgow for Carlisle on the evening of the 27th, was, after repeated mishaps, brought to a stand between the Ecclefechan and Kirtlebridge stations. The train was run into by a passenger train going in the same direction, at 2 1⁄2 miles (4 km) from Ecclefechan. The injuries to the passengers were not serious; two ladies suffered slightly, and the driver was hurt when he jumped from the engine of the passenger train, which, as well as the van of the goods train, was badly damaged.
  • On 21 July 1945, an express passenger train overran signals and was in collision with a freight train that was being shunted. Two people were killed and 31 were injured.

    • The site today

    Trains pass at speed on the electrified West Coast Main Line. The station has been demolished, however part of one of the platforms survives.

    References

    Ecclefechan railway station Wikipedia
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