Nethercleugh railway station

Nethercleugh
Location	, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland
Coordinates	55°09′39″N 3°22′56″W / 55.1607°N 3.3821°W / 55.1607; -3.3821Coordinates: 55°09′39″N 3°22′56″W / 55.1607°N 3.3821°W / 55.1607; -3.3821
Grid reference	NY1203586032
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Caledonian Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
10 September 1847	Station opens[1]
13 June 1960	Station close[1]

Nethercleugh railway station was a station which served the rural area around Nethercleugh and the estate of Jardine Hall, 3 miles north 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 Nethercleugh is now at Lockerbie.

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.

A mineral line ran down to the station from Corncockle Quarry, a large and historically important sandstone quarry near Templand. Stone from this quarry was used in Victorian times to build tenements in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Dinosaur footprints were found there in the 19th century.

The OS maps show that a saw mill was located near the station and was served by a siding, also extensive interchange sidings for quarry traffic were present.

The site today[]

Trains pass at speed on the electrified West Coast Main Line. The station and platforms have been demolished and the station site is now part of a large sawmill site. A signal box controlled the level crossing on the minor road which have now been closed and the signal box demolished.

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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

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• Butt, R. V. J. (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.
• 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.
• RAILSCOT on Caledonian Railway

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