Grid reference NY1811575423 10 September 1847 Station opens Platforms in use 2 | ||
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
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.