Cummertrees Railway Station

Cummertrees railway station was a railway station in Dumfries and Galloway south of Dumfries, serving the village of Cummertrees. The village lies some west of Annan and south of Lockerbie. HistoryThe 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 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.

Cummertrees railway station was a railway station in Dumfries and Galloway south of Dumfries, serving the village of Cummertrees. The village lies some west of Annan and south of Lockerbie. HistoryThe 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 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.