Classic route
Glasgow South Western Line
Carlisle → Glasgow · England · Scotland
The other line from Carlisle to Glasgow: over the border at Gretna, by Annan and Dumfries, up Nithsdale to Kilmarnock, and in by Barrhead on the joint line opened in 1873.
- Distance
- 185 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 28 min
- Average speed
- 75 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmCarlisle +4
- 16 kmGretna Green
- 28 kmAnnan
- 53 kmDumfries
- 95 kmSanquhar
- 101 kmKirkconnel
- 113 kmNew Cumnock
- 124 kmAuchinleck
- 147 kmKilmarnock +1
- 150 kmKilmaurs
- 155 kmStewarton
- 159 kmDunlop
- 173 kmBarrhead
- 185 kmGlasgow Central +1
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 20068405: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of ScotRail
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Glasgow South Western Line?
The Glasgow South Western Line runs 185 km from Carlisle to Glasgow. It runs through England and Scotland.
How long does the Glasgow South Western Line take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 28 min for the 185 km. That is an average of 75 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Glasgow South Western Line?
ScotRail.
How old is the Glasgow South Western Line?
The line has been in service since 1873. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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