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Nethercleugh railway station was a station which served the rural area around Nethercleugh and the estate of Jardine Hall, 3 miles north of Lockerbie in Applegarth parish, Scottish county of Dumfries and Galloway. It was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line. The nearest station for Nethercleugh is now at Lockerbie. == History == Opened by the Caledonian Railway,〔 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923 and was then closed by the BRB in 1960. In November 2012 a man was struck and killed by a sleeper train near Nethercleugh. British Transport Police said that there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death. The sleeper was travelling from London Euston to Inverness when the incident took place.〔(News Report ) Retrieved : 2012-11-05〕 A mineral line ran down to the station from Corncockle Quarry, a large and historically important sandstone quarry near Templand. Stone from this quarry was used in Victorian times to build tenements in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Dinosaur footprints were found there in the 19th century. The OS maps show that a saw mill was located near the station and was served by a siding, also extensive interchange sidings for quarry traffic were present. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nethercleugh railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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