Gilnockie Station

'Travel from the past'

From here we travel back out onto the old A7 truck road and work our way up the Station Brae towards:

Gilnockie Station:

After the Canonbie spur of the Railway opened in May 1862, plans for the Langholm extension of the branch line was finally completed and the railway to Langholm was opened in April 1864. Initial problems with the viaduct at Byreburn, closed the line for 6 months. During this time the Directors of the North British Railway decided that a station should be opened between Canonbie and Langholm. Previously, a level crossing keeper had been on duty before Gilnockie station was opened in November 1864. The station was named Gilnockie probably because of the close proximity to Gilnockie Bridge. The railway closed to passenger trains in June 1964. The very last passenger train, an enthusiasts’ special from Glasgow, ran on Sunday, 29th March 1967, almost three years after the line had been closed to regular passenger traffic. The railway finally closed to goods trains in September 1967. The station house is now a private dwelling .

Gilnockie Marching Camp (NY3895 7922), Canonbie, is the name given to the Roman Camp Site which was a temporary marching camp between Broomholm and Netherby, and it is the best preserved of the Roman camps of this type in Eastern Dumfriesshire, although there is not much to see today . A photograph of where the Roman Camp is located, is included on this site . The site covered an area of approximately 25 acres, was situated North of Gilnockie Station, mostly in the North Wood, but extending into what was Thorniewhats land. Then onto Tail land towards New Woodhead on the B6318 road .

Gilnockie Station Cottages

These cottages were built for the railway workers, probably around the same time as the station.

Travel further on, about a mile from the Station to a T-junction of two minor roads. Here we have the former Gilnockie School and Gilnockie Hall. This area has come to represent Gilnockie more than any other part of the area already described: