Kirkpatrick railway station

55°01′23″N 3°08′09″W / 55.0231°N 3.1358°W / 55.0231; -3.1358Grid referenceNY2748170431Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyCaledonian RailwayPre-groupingCaledonian RailwayPost-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates10 September 1847Station opened^[1]13 June 1960Station closed^[1]

Kirkpatrick railway station was a station which served the rural area around Kirkpatrick Fleming, north of Gretna in the 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 Kirkpatrick Fleming is now at Gretna Green.

History

Opened by the Caledonian Railway,^[1] 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 number of sidings, a signal box on the western side controlling the level crossing, a pedestrian overbridge, weighing machine, and goods yard.^[2][3]

Accident

A rail crash that took place near Kirkpatrick at the Quintinshill Loops on 22 May 1915. Quintinshill was an intermediate signal box with loops on each side on the Caledonian Railway Main Line. The crash involved five trains, killed a probable 230[nb 1] and injured 246 and remains the worst rail crash in the United Kingdom in terms of loss of life. The cause of the accident was poor working practices on the part of the two signalmen involved which resulted in their imprisonment for culpable homicide.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Gretna Line open; Station closed		Caledonian Railway Main Line		Kirtlebridge Line open; Station closed

The site today

Trains pass at speed on the electrified West Coast Main Line. The station platforms have been demolished, the pedestrian overbridge is still present and the main station buildings survive as private dwellings. The Station Inn still stands nearby.

v t e Caledonian Railway main line
Legend
Carstairs to Carlisle
Caledonian Railway main line to Greenhill Junction Carstairs Caledonian Railway main line to Edinburgh Strawfrank Junction Thankerton Symington (2nd station) Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway Symington (1st station) Lamington Abington Crawford Elvanfoot Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch Beattock Summit (Private halt) Auchencastle Moffat Beattock Wamphray Dinwoodie Nethercleugh Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway Lockerbie Ecclefechan Kirtlebridge Solway Junction Railway Kirkpatrick Quintinshill loops Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Gretna Junction Gretna│Gretna (BUR) Longtown Border Union Railway Floriston Rockcliffe Border Union Railway ('the Waverley Line') Willowholme Jn│Port Carlisle Branch Jn Caldew Junctions Carlisle Citadel Citadel South Junctions Maryport and Carlisle Railway London Road Junction Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Petteril Bridge Junction Newcastle & Carlisle Railway Settle–Carlisle line

References

Notes

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

External links

• Rail Brit