Sanquhar railway station

Sanquhar Scottish Gaelic: Seanchair
Sanquhar station from the road bridge looking towards Kirkconnel, in 2007
General information
Location	Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland
Coordinates	55.3710°N 3.9248°W / 55.3710; -3.9248
Grid reference	NS780102
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SQH
Key dates
28 October 1850	Opened
6 December 1965	Closed
27 June 1994	Re-opened under British Rail
Passengers
2019/20	24,258
2020/21	1,752
2021/22	14,430
2022/23	17,302
2023/24	25,440
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Sanquhar railway station is a railway station in the village of Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line. The old station buildings are in use as a holiday home. The station was re-opened (in 1994) together with Gretna Green, Auchinleck, New Cumnock, Kilmaurs and Dunlop after initially falling victim to the Beeching Axe in December 1965. Kirkconnel remained open but has also seen significant investment in its infrastructure.

Railway Mishap 1966

On Sunday 14 August 1966, the previous evening's 22:10 Glasgow Central – London Euston consisting of five seating coaches, eight sleeping cars and two parcels vans hauled by EE Type 4 locomotive No. D311 crashed into a landslide between Sanquhar and Carrondale at 00:30. The loco and first ten coaches were derailed. None of the 270 passengers and four train crew were injured.

Services

On Monday to Saturdays, there are 9 trains per day in each direction towards Dumfries (6 of these continue to Carlisle) and Glasgow Central running on a mostly 2 hourly frequency, however there can be gaps up to 4 hours at certain times of the day. On Sundays, there are 2 trains per day in each direction towards Carlisle and Glasgow.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dumfries		ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line		Kirkconnel

See also

• Mennock Lye Goods Depot

Sources

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

External links

• Train times and station information for Sanquhar railway station from National Rail

Platform 1 and a train for Kirkconnel, in 2007

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  Nithsdale south of Sanquhar in 1961
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  Down freight on the Nithsdale Anglo-Scottish main line in 1961