Lockerbie railway station is a railway station serving the town of Lockerbie, on the West Coast Main Line, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located 75 miles (121 kilometres) south of Glasgow Central and 324 miles (521 kilometres) north of London Euston. The station is owned by Network Rail.
History
The station was opened along with the first section of the Caledonian Railway's main line from Carlisle in September 1847. The line initially terminated at Beattock, but was completed through to Glasgow & Edinburgh early the following year. A branch line from here to Dumfries via Lochmaben was completed in September 1863 – this was constructed by the independent Dumfries, Lochmaben & Lockerbie Railway, but was absorbed by the Caledonian company two years later. Though this route allowed the Caledonian company to reach Dumfries and thus compete with the rival Glasgow and South Western Railway, it never developed beyond country branch status.
On 4 May 1882, an accident occurred when the branch service from Stranraer via the Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway passed a signal and entered the station at 23:25. It collided at low speed, with a goods train already on the northbound line. This collision, though minor, forced carriages from the goods train onto the southbound line and into the path of the speeding Glasgow Express which smashed into the wreckage and derailed onto the station platform. Seven people were killed, including the driver and fireman of the express. The guard from the express ran down the line to warn another approaching train of the accident and prevented a further collision. There were 300 injuries. The driver of the first train, the Lockerbie station master and the local inspection regime were all criticised for their actions in the subsequent report on the crash.[2]
The branch to Dumfries was closed to passenger services by the British Transport Commission in May 1952. Goods traffic continued until 1966, when the line fell victim to the Beeching Axe. Except Lockerbie all other local stations on the main line between Carlisle and Carstairs closed during the 1960s. The first electrically operated passenger services operated by British Rail in May 1974 when the West Coast Main Line electrification project between Weaver Junction & Glasgow was completed.
Services northwards to Glasgow and Edinburgh were suspended in January 2016 and replaced by buses, whilst major repairs were carried out the River Clyde viaduct at Lamington that was damaged by Storm Frank. Trains resumed on 22 February 2016.[3]
James Chesney from 1863[5] (formerly station master at Beattock)
John Wallace 1875 - 1881
John Stothart 1881[6] - 1883 (formerly station master at West Calder)
David Wightman 1883[7] - 1901 (formerly station master at Busby)
Kenneth Wilson 1901[8] - 1905 (formerly station master at Kelvinbridge)
Samuel Kerr 1905 - 1914[9] (formerly station master at Uddingston, afterwards station master at Lanark)
William Steele 1914[10] - 1924 (formerly station master at Peebles)
John Dickson 1924[11] - 1925 (formerly station master at Peebles)
William Scougall 1925[12] - 1931 (formerly station master at Peebles)
William Tinning from 1931[13] (formerly station master at Newmains)
James W. Collins 1938 - 1939[14] (formerly station master at Dumbarton, afterwards station master at Stirling)
William Copland 1948[15] - 1949 (formerly station master at Gleneagles)
David M.Tyndall 1949[16] - 1958 (formerly station master at Brechin)
Services and operations
Lockerbie station with its new footbridge, with lifts so both platforms are accessible.
Lockerbie station is managed by ScotRail, although the company does not provide any services to or from the station. Lockerbie is one of only two railway stations in Scotland not served by ScotRail (the other being Reston). All services are provided by Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express.
TransPennine Express
TransPennine Express provide most services, As of 2022 there is an hourly service to Manchester Airport, a two-hourly service to Edinburgh Waverley (with one larger gap leaving a four-hour gap between services), and a two-hourly service to Glasgow Central, with hourly departures from 7AM to 12PM.
Most services are run using Class 397 Civity trains, however a few services between Manchester and Edinburgh used Hitachi Class 802 A-Trains as of 16 May 2022.
Avanti West Coast
Avanti West Coast operate six services on weekdays. There are three trains per day to Glasgow Central, two to London Euston and one to Crewe. On Saturdays 4 services call at Lockerbie, 2 southbound to London and 2 northbound to Glasgow. On Sundays, three Avanti trains call at Lockerbie, providing services to Glasgow Central, London Euston and Crewe.[17][18]
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