Beattock Summit

Beattock Summit
Sign marking the summit, as seen from the West Coast Main Line
General information
Location	South Lanarkshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°25′18″N 3°35′27″W / 55.4217°N 3.5907°W / 55.4217; -3.5907
Grid reference	NS994152
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Caledonian Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
3 January 1900	Station opened[1]
After 1926	Station closed[1]
Location

Beattock Summit is the highest point of the West Coast Main Line (WCML) railway and of the A74(M) motorway as they cross between Dumfries and Galloway and South Lanarkshire in south west Scotland.

The height of the summit reached by the A74(M) motorway is 1,033 feet (315 m) above sea level. The adjacent railway reaches a slightly lower elevation of 1,016 feet (310 m).^[2] The summit is the watershed between the River Clyde to the north and Evan Water, a tributary of the River Annan to the south.