RAILSCOT | Sanquhar

Sanquhar

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Sanquhar (1850-1965)
Sanquhar (1994-)

Station code: SQH National Rail ScotRail
Where: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Opened on the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway.
Open on the G and SW Main Line.

Description

This two platform station re-opened in 1994. It is in the north of the village. The former station building now offers accommodation.
Sanquhar Station

The main station building was on the northbound platform. Although the central portion is modified the building is largely in original form. The building has high chimneys. '1850' is displayed.

The goods yard was on the west side, approached from the north. The signal box was on the west side of the line at the north end.

On the east side was Sanquhar Tile Works with a series of kilns, a once well known feature north of the station. A short tramway ran north from the brick works to a clay pit. A siding also ran south east to Buccleuch Terra Cotta Works, also connected by a short tramway south east to another clay pit.

The station closed to passengers in 1965. The signal box closed in 1982. The station re-opened in the same position as the original in 1994.

Local

Sanquhar Castle, a ruin, is to the south of the village.

Facilities

Listing: B

Nearby stations Kirkconnel Wanlockhead Glengonnar Leadhills Carronbridge New Cumnock Thornhill Inches Muirkirk [1st] Muirkirk [2nd] Glenbuck Elvanfoot Moniaive Abington Crawford	Sanquhar Tile Works Crawick Water Viaduct Gateside Fireworks Factory Gateside Colliery Nos 4 and 5 Tower Colliery [Gateside] Mennock Water Viaduct Bankhead Siding Mennock Sidings Fauldhead Colliery Wanlockhead Lead Smelter Wanlockhead Crushing Mill Tourist/other Sanquhar Castle Gateside Signal Box Knockenjig Level Crossing Ardoch Signal Box
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

28/10/1850	Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway completed by opening between Old Cumnock and Closeburn. Stations at New Cumnock, Kirkconnel, Sanquhar and Thornhill. Sidings opened at Mennock Summit for the Leadhills and Wanlockhead mines. The nearest passenger station on the line was at Sanquhar, slightly further west.
/ /1965	Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Cumnock, Racks, Ruthwell and Sanquhar stations closed.
27/06/1994	Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Sanquhar station re-opened.
24/10/1998	Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Derailment at Sanquhar.
/03/2008	Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Sanquhar station building sold with permission to convert into a house.