Racks | |
|---|---|
 Racks station in 1900 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Glasgow and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| Key dates | |
| 23 August 1848[1] | Opened |
| 6 December 1965[1] | Closed |
| 6 May 1964 | Closed to goods traffic |
Racks railway station was a railway station in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of Dumfries, OS NGR NY 033 743, serving and effectively creating[2] the village of Racks near the Lochar Water, 4 miles ESE of Dumfries; a rural community within the Parish of Torthorwald. [3][4]
- ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 193.
- ^ History of Torthorwald Church. Accessed : 2010-07-11
- ^ "Racks railway station". Retrieved 25 October 2009.
- ^ "Ordnance Gazetteer for Scotland". Retrieved 25 October 2009.