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{{Short description|Railway station in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox station
| name                = Lockerbie
| native_name         = {{langx|gd|Locarbaidh}}<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Brailsford |editor-first=Martyn |title=Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man |edition=6th |date=December 2017 |orig-year=1987 |publisher=Trackmaps |location=Frome |isbn=978-0-9549866-9-8 |chapter=Gaelic/English Station Index }}</ref>
| symbol_location     = gb
| symbol              = rail
| image               = Lockerbie station.jpg
| caption             = The exterior of Lockerbie station in June 2010
| borough             = [[Lockerbie]], [[Dumfries and Galloway]],
| country             = Scotland
| coordinates         = {{coord|55.1231|-3.3541|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name           = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position       = {{gbmapscaled|NY137817|25|NY137817}}
| manager             = [[ScotRail]]
| platforms           = 2
| code                = LOC
| original            = [[Caledonian Railway Main Line#Carstairs to Carlisle|Caledonian Railway]]
| pregroup            = Caledonian Railway
| postgroup           = [[London Midland and Scottish Railway|LMS]]
| years               = 10 September 1847
| events              = Station opened
| mpassengers =
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 34,596}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.159 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.111 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.156 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2024/25 |passengers={{increase}} 0.211 million}}
| footnotes           = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
|mapframe=yes
|mapframe-zoom = 14
}}
'''Lockerbie railway station''' serves the town of [[Lockerbie]], in [[Dumfries and Galloway]], Scotland. It is a stop on the [[West Coast Main Line]], located {{convert|75|mi|km|abbr=off}} south of {{rws|Glasgow Central}} and {{convert|324|mi|km|abbr=off}} north of {{rws|London Euston}}. The station is owned by [[Network Rail]] and is managed by [[ScotRail]].

== History ==
The station was opened along with the first section of the [[Caledonian Railway]]'s main line from {{rws|Carlisle}} in September 1847. The line initially terminated at {{rws|Beattock}}, but was completed through to Glasgow and Edinburgh early the following year. A branch line from here to {{rws|Dumfries}} via [[Lochmaben]] was completed in September 1863; this was constructed by the independent ''Dumfries, Lochmaben & Lockerbie Railway'', but was absorbed by the Caledonian company two years later. Though this route allowed the Caledonian company to reach Dumfries and thus compete with the rival [[Glasgow and South Western Railway]], it never developed beyond country branch status.

On 4 May 1882, an accident occurred when the branch service from Stranraer via the [[Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway]] passed a signal and entered the station at 23:25. It collided at low speed, with a goods train already on the northbound line. This collision, though minor, forced carriages from the goods train onto the southbound line and into the path of the speeding Glasgow Express, which smashed into the wreckage and derailed onto the station platform. Seven people were killed, including the [[railroad engineer|driver]] and [[fireman (steam engine)|fireman]] of the express. The [[brakeman|guard]] from the express ran down the line to warn another approaching train of the accident and prevented a further collision. There were 300 injuries. The driver of the first train, the Lockerbie stationmaster and the local inspection regime were all criticised for their actions in the subsequent report on the crash.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/the-lockerbie-disaster-of-1882-1.226372?referrerPath=2.3064 |title=News & Star: The Lockerbie Disaster of 1882 |access-date=19 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322012322/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/the-lockerbie-disaster-of-1882-1.226372?referrerPath=2.3064 |archive-date=22 March 2012}}</ref>

The branch to Dumfries was closed to passenger services by the [[British Transport Commission]] in May 1952.  Goods traffic continued until 1966, when the line fell victim to the [[Beeching Axe]]. With the exception of Lockerbie, all other local stations on the main line between {{rws|Carlisle Citadel}} and {{rws|Carstairs}} were closed during the 1960s. [[British Rail]]'s first electrically operated passenger services ran in May 1974, when the West Coast Main Line electrification project between Weaver Junction and Glasgow was completed.

Services northwards to Glasgow Central and {{rws|Edinburgh Waverley}} suspended in January 2016 and replaced by buses, whilst major repairs were carried out the [[River Clyde]] viaduct at [[Lamington, South Lanarkshire|Lamington]] that was damaged by [[Storm Frank]]. Trains resumed on 22 February 2016.<ref>[http://www.itv.com/news/border/update/2016-01-18/lamington-viaduct-to-remain-closed-until-march/ Lamington Viaduct to remain closed until March] ''ITV News''; retrieved 19 January 2016</ref>

In 2023, [[open access operator]] [[Grand Union (train operating company)|Grand Union Trains]] announced plans to serve the station with four trains per day on a [[Stirling railway station (Scotland)|Stirling]] to London Euston service, to begin in June 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 March 2023 |title=Grand Union optimistic of approval for spacious new Stirling-London train service on West Coast Main Line |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/grand-union-optimistic-of-approval-for-spacious-new-stirling-london-train-service-on-west-coast-main-line-4070653 |access-date=15 May 2023 |website=The Scotsman}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ORR: Open access services given green light between London and Stirling {{!}} Office of Rail and Road |url=http://www.orr.gov.uk/search-news/orr-open-access-services-given-green-light-between-london-and-stirling |access-date=7 March 2024 |website=Orr.gov.uk}}</ref>

===Stationmasters===
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* James Chesney from 1863<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Moffat |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002731/18630406/042/0005 |newspaper=Daily Review (Edinburgh) |location=Scotland  |date=6 April 1863 |access-date=6 November 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref> (formerly stationmaster at Beattock)
* John Wallace 1875 - 1881
* John Stothart 1881<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Railway Appointment |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001739/18810617/030/0002 |newspaper=Annandale Observer and Advertiser |location=Scotland |date=17 June 1881 |access-date=6 November 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}</ref> - 1883 (formerly stationmaster at West Calder)
* David Wightman 1883<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Lockerbie Stationmaster| url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001458/18831011/029/0002 |newspaper=Glasgow Evening Citizen |location=Scotland  |date=11 October 1883 |access-date=6 November 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}</ref> - 1901 (formerly stationmaster at Busby)
* Kenneth Wilson 1901<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Railway Notes |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000582/19010406/090/0004 |newspaper=Dundee Evening Post |location=Scotland |date=6 April 1901 |access-date=6 November 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}</ref> - 1905 (formerly stationmaster at Kelvinbridge)
* Samuel Kerr 1905 - 1914<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Promotion for Lockerbie Station Agent |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000460/19140121/154/0007 |newspaper=Dumfries and Galloway Standard |location=Scotland |date=21 January 1914 |access-date=6 November 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}</ref> (formerly stationmaster at Uddingston, later stationmaster at Lanark)
* William Steele 1914<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=New Peebles Stationmaster |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000469/19140312/033/0003 |newspaper=Southern Reporter |location=Scotland |date=12 March 1914 |access-date=6 November 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}</ref> - 1924 (formerly stationmaster at Peebles)
* John Dickson 1924<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Presentations | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000469/19240612/029/0005 |newspaper=Southern Reporter |location=Scotland |date=12 June 1924 |access-date=6 November 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}</ref> - 1925 (formerly stationmaster at Peebles)
* William Scougall 1925<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=West Calder | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002738/19250904/084/0003 |newspaper=West Lothian Courier |location=Scotland |date=4 September 1925 |access-date=6 November 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}</ref> - 1931 (formerly stationmaster at Peebles)
* William Tinning from 1931<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Stationnmaster's Appointment | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002750/19310515/144/0008 |newspaper=Wishaw Press |location=Scotland |date=15 May 1931 |access-date=6 November 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}</ref>  (formerly stationmaster at Newmains)
* James W. Collins 1938 - 1939<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Lockerbie Presentation |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000461/19390118/081/0005 |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Scotland |date=18 January 1939 |access-date=6 November 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}</ref> (formerly stationmaster at Dumbarton, later stationmaster at Stirling)
* William Copland 1948<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=New Stationmaster for Gleneagles |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000563/19471219/022/0003 |newspaper=Dundee Evening Telegraph |location=Scotland |date=19 December 1947 |access-date=6 November 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}</ref> - 1949 (formerly stationmaster at Gleneagles)
* David M.Tyndall 1949<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Mr. D.M. Tyndall |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19490330/048/0003 |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Scotland |date=30 March 1949 |access-date=6 November 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}</ref> - 1958 (formerly stationmaster at Brechin)
{{div col end}}

== Services ==
[[File:PXL 20220726 094153594.jpg|thumb|Lockerbie station with its [[footbridge]] in July 2022, with new lifts so both platforms are accessible]]

Lockerbie station is managed by [[ScotRail]], although the company does not provide any services to or from the station. It is one of only two [[National Rail]] railway stations in Scotland not served by ScotRail trains; the other is {{rws|Reston}}.

Services are provided by two [[train operating companies]], with the following general off-peak pattern in trains per hour (tph) / day (tpd):

[[Avanti West Coast]]
* 3 tpd to {{rws|Glasgow Central}}, with 2tpd on Saturdays and 1tpd on Sundays
* 2 tpd to {{rws|London Euston}}, with 1tpd on Sundays
* 1 tpd to {{rws|Crewe}}, except Saturdays.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our latest timetables and ticket info |work=Avanti West Coast |date=18 May 2025 |access-date=10 November 2025 |url= https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/travel-information/plan-your-journey/timetables}}</ref>

[[TransPennine Express]]:
* 1 tph to {{rws|Manchester Airport}}
* 3 tpd to {{rws|Liverpool Lime Street}}
* 1 train every two hours to {{rws|Edinburgh Waverley}}
* 1 train every two hours to Glasgow Central (from Manchester Airport)
* 3 tpd to Glasgow Central (from Liverpool Lime Street).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/travel-updates/timetables |title=Timetables |website=Tpexpress.co.uk |date=18 May 2025 |access-date=10 November 2025}}</ref>

{{rail start}}
{{rail line one to two
|previous = {{Stnlnk|Carlisle}}
|next1     = {{Stnlnk|Motherwell}} 
|next2     = {{Stnlnk|Haymarket}}
|route1    = [[Avanti West Coast]]<br>[[West Coast Main Line|London / Birmingham - Glasgow]]
|route2    = [[Avanti West Coast]]<br>[[West Coast Main Line|London / Birmingham - Edinburgh]]
|col      = {{AWC colour}} }}
{{rail line|previous={{stnlnk|Carlisle}}|next={{stnlnk|Carstairs}} or<br>{{stnlnk|Motherwell}} or<br>{{stnlnk|Glasgow Central}}|route=[[TransPennine Express]]<br>[[TransPennine North West|Liverpool/Preston-Glasgow]]|col={{TPX colour}} }}
{{rail line one to two
|previous = {{Stnlnk|Carlisle}}
|next1    = {{Stnlnk|Motherwell}} or<br>{{Stnlnk|Glasgow Central}}
|next2    = {{Stnlnk|Haymarket}}
|route1   = [[TransPennine Express]]<br>[[TransPennine North West|Manchester/Preston-Glasgow]]
|route2   = [[TransPennine Express]]<br>[[TransPennine North West|Manchester/Preston-Edinburgh]]
|col={{TPX colour}} }}
{{Historical Rail Insert}}
{{rail line
|previous = {{Stnlnk|Ecclefechan}}
|next     = {{Stnlnk|Nethercleugh}}
|route    = [[Caledonian Railway]]<br />[[Caledonian Railway Main Line#Carstairs to Carlisle|Main Line]]
|col      = {{Caledonian colour}} |lightcol={{Caledonian light}} }}
{{rail line
|previous =
|next     = {{Stnlnk|Lochmaben}}
|route    = [[Caledonian Railway]]<br />[[Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway]]
|col      = {{Caledonian colour}} |lightcol={{Caledonian light}} }}
{{s-end}}

== References ==
=== Citations ===
{{reflist}}

=== Sources ===
* {{Butt-Stations}}
* {{Jowett-Atlas}}
* {{Jowett-Nationalised}}
* [http://www.railscot.co.uk/Caledonian_Railway/frame.htm RAILSCOT on Caledonian Railway]
* [http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#313,581,1 Lockerbie railway station on navigable OS map]

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Lockerbie railway station}}

{{railway stations served by Avanti West Coast}}
{{Railway stations served by TransPennine Express}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Dumfries and Galloway]]
[[Category:Former Caledonian Railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1847]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by TransPennine Express]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by Avanti West Coast]]
[[Category:1847 establishments in Scotland]]
[[Category:William Tite railway stations]]
[[Category:Lockerbie]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain not served by their managing company]]
[[Category:Stations on the West Coast Main Line]]