Cummertrees railway station was a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...

Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the historic counties of Dumfriesshire, Ki ...

south of Dumfries, serving the village of Cummertrees. The village lies some west of Annan and south of Lockerbie.

History

The station opened in 1848. The station is now closed, although the line running through the station remains open. The station building has been converted into a private dwelling. Cummertrees was opened by the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, which then became part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway; in 1923 it became part of the

London Midland and Scottish Railway The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally ...

at the Grouping, passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways following the 1948 nationalisation of the railways. It was closed by British Railways in 1955. The station lay south of the old terminus at Glasgow St Enoch. An unstaffed siding at the station was closed 1 April 1959. A Cummertrees Lime siding existed nearby with a narrowgauge railway link to the Kellhead lime works. The village of Cummertrees developed around the station. The National Archives of Scotland hold a full collection of plans for the station of various dates. The stylish and sizeable station buildings reflect the fact that the station served nearby Kinmount House, once seat of the Marquesses of Queensberry, described by Groome as "a beautiful edifice, built in the early part of the 19th century."Groome, Francis H. (1903). ''Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland''. London : Caxton Publishing Company. P. 964

Powfoot Halt Powfoot Halt railway station was a railway station in Powfoot, near Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of Cummertrees serving the workers at the MOD Powfoot Nitro-cellulose factory within the Parish of Cummertrees. History The Powfoot ...

on the line towards Annan once served the Powfoot MOD Nitro-cellulose factory.

Newbie Junction Halt railway station Newbie Junction Halt railway station was a railway station in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, located just west of Annan on the old Glasgow and South Western Railway main line that briefly served workers employed 0.5 mile or circa 800 metres aw ...

was another workers only halt that existed between 1898 and 1904 close to Annan where it served the factory workers of Cochran's & Co. boilers and the Newbie Brick and Tile works.

Services

References

External links

Railscot website

Railscot Intranet
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