Racks
Location type
StationName and dates
Racks (1854-1965)Opened on the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway.
Description
Racks was a two platform station. Initially a minimal station, station cottages/offices were built above platform level on the eastbound platform and a goods yard added on the north side, approached from the east. There were small waiting rooms on the platforms, a larger on the westbound.
Racks itself was to the west.
The station closed in 1965.
The signal box (1880) closed in 1975. The double track main line from Dumfries to Carlisle remains open.
The station cottages still stand, in use as houses.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Dumfries [1st] Dumfries [2nd] Dumfries Heathhall Halt Locharbriggs Ruthwell Maxwelltown Amisfield Lochmaben Holywood [2nd] Holywood [1st] Shieldhill Lochanhead Lockerbie Irongray | Ironhirst Peat Works Noblehill Junction Ramsey Place Junction Pleasance Junction Dumfries Goods Dumfries Shed Dumfries Goods [CR] Heathhall Farm Bridge Dumfries Gas Works Tourist/other Warrenhill Level Crossing Wath Level Crossing Ironhirst Signal Box Dancing Knowe Level Crossing Brasswell Level Crossing Station Hotel Dumfries |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1854 | Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Dornock and Racks opened. |
| / /1965 | Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Cumnock, Racks, Ruthwell and Sanquhar stations closed. |
News items
Books
 An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways |  Carlisle To Beattock: including the Dumfries Branch (Scottish Main Lines) |  The Glasgow & South Western Railway a History |
