Dumfries

Here’s a nice, solid-looking and attractive station made of red sandstone. Many Scottish stations outside of the central belt have a spacious feel to them and this former junction is a good example. Built in 1848, it soon became part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway’s route to Carlisle and the south. The branch lines to Castle Douglas and Stranraer, Lockerbie and Moniaive are no more, however, as indeed are the milk trains to London, which ended in the 1970s. Scotrail services today link Glasgow and Kilmarnock to Carlisle, via Dumfries. Historic Scotland protects both the station and the imposing railway hotel opposite as Grade Two listed.