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Cummertrees

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Cummertrees (1848-1965)

Opened on the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway.

Description

This was a two platform station. The main station building was on the westbound platform. This is a single storey 'L' shaped sandstone building parallel to the platform with the gable end of the portion at 90 degrees at the west end.

There was a goods yard at the west end, approached from the west, on the south side of the line. The signal box was at the west end of the northbound platform.

A tramway ran north past a gravel pit to Kelhead Lime Works, around two miles to the north. It commenced from a siding at the west end of the station, opposite the goods yard.

The box was replaced in 1945 and closed in 1964. The station closed in 1965.

The station building remains in use as a house, with minimal alteration (the enclosing of a covered waiting area). The goods yard is now housing. The double track main line remains open.

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map

Facilities

Listing: B

Nearby stations Annan Annan Shawhill Ruthwell Corsehill Halt Bowness Eastriggs Ecclefechan Wylies Halt Port Carlisle Kirtlebridge Whitrigg Glasson Kirkbride New Dykes Brow Silloth	Annan Powfoot Siding Kelhead Lime Works Kelhead Quarry Newbie Junction Newbie Brick and Tile Works Cochran^s Boiler Works Annan Viaduct Port Street Viaduct Solway Junction Tourist/other Annan Harbour Ruthwell Church Lonsdale Cinema Annan Museum Annandale Distillery Brow Well
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

/ /1848	Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Opened from Gretna Junction to Dumfries [1st]. Stations opened at Annan, Cummertrees, Ruthwell, Dumfries [1st].