Action group makes Beattock station case [BBC News]
Date: 24/09/2014
An action group is meeting Transport Minister Keith Brown to make the case for reopening a station at Beattock.
It is one of four sites in Dumfries and Galloway seeking funding to create new rail links.
South of Scotland Lib Dem MSP Jim Hume believes reopening the station would be a huge boost for the local economy, as well as commuters and business.
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An action group meets the transport minister to make the case for reopening a station at Beattock.
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Crab 42737 stands quietly at Beattock station on 29 March 1964, waiting to return to Glasgow Central with Scottish Rambler no 3. The fuss in the background centres around Beattock shed's BR Standard class 4 no 80001, which is in the process of banking out the down Royal Scot.
Location: Beattock
Company: Caledonian Railway
29/03/1964 John Robin
Location: Beattock
Company: Caledonian Railway
29/03/1964 John Robin
An up express hauled by a Standard Clan Pacific runs through Beattock station in July 1962.
Location: Beattock
Company: Caledonian Railway
14/07/1962 R Sillitto/A Renfrew Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)
Location: Beattock
Company: Caledonian Railway
14/07/1962 R Sillitto/A Renfrew Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)
6904 passing north through Beattock station in late 1972 with a down oil train.
Location: Beattock
Company: Caledonian Railway
16/09/1972 John Furnevel
Location: Beattock
Company: Caledonian Railway
16/09/1972 John Furnevel
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