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Dinwoodie
Dinwoodie
	Dinwoodie station site in 2008
General information
Location	Dinwoodie, Dumfries and Galloway; Scotland
Coordinates	55°12′06″N 3°24′05″W / 55.2016°N 3.4013°W
Grid reference	NY1090990605
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	Opened
13 June 1960	Closed

Dinwoodie railway station was a station which served the rural area around the settlement of Dinwoodie, 6 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 Dinwoodie is now at Lockerbie.

History edit

Opened by the Caledonian Railway on 10 September 1847,^[1] or 15 February 1848 is another suggested opening date for the station.^[2] It became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923 and was then closed by British Railways in 1960.

Dinwoodie derailment edit

On 25 October 1928 an accident took place in LMS days near Dinwoodie due to signaller error and fatigue which resulted in a collision from the rear involving two trains. A derailment occurred and the train fell some height from the embankment. Four people were killed and five injured.^[3] The two drivers and two firemen died instantly when their double-headed passenger express, the Royal Highlander, collided with a broken down freight train and their memorial is in Stanwix cemetery.^[4]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Nethercleugh Line open; Station closed		Caledonian Railway Main Line		Wamphray Line open; Station closed

The site today edit

Trains pass at speed on the electrified West Coast Main Line. The stationmaster's house is now a private dwelling and the platforms have been demolished; the station cottages also survive as private dwellings. A signal box controlled the level crossing on the minor road which has now been closed and an overbridge built nearby.

References edit

Notes edit

^ ^a ^b ^c Butt (1995), page 80
^ Scotland's Places Retrieved : 2012-11-05
^ Railway Archives Retrieved : 2012-11-05
^ Stanwix Cemetery Retrieved : 2012-11-05

Sources edit

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.