Dumfries

CRS Code	DMF
Collected date	15/09/15

Our Freedom of the North West Rover tickets took us into Scotland, believe it or not, so we ended up in Dumfries at the Rover's far north-western end. The station is to the north east of the town, faced by the station frontage:

The front of the station building:

A plaque covered in perspex on the front of the station:

To the left of the station frontage is a small side gate:

Bay platforms on the north side of the station have now been turned into the station's car park:

Details of the spandrels holding up the canopies on the platform 1 side:

The station building backs on to platform 1. Looking south along this platform with the parking area behind us to our right:

Next to the postbox a water fountain sits:

A wooden booth with a roller blind provides some sort of information counter:

Plaques mark Dumfries as a winner in 1986 and 1987 best station competitions:

A view of the rear of the central station building from platform 2 opposite:

At the southern end of the platform buildings is a southern side exit:

South of that is the station garden:

Looking south along platform 1:

Looking along both platforms from the south of platform 1:

A footbridge connects the two platforms, just north of the station buildings:

Looking south along platform 1 back towards the footbridge:

Looking north from the footbridge, with the signalbox on the right:

The signalbox:

Looking south from the footbridge:

The footbridge leads on to platform 2, from where we see the side of the platform 2 station building:

A long view of the frontage of platform 2's station building:

The entrance to platform 2 from the car park:

Looking south on platform 2 under the acnopy:

The spandrels on platform 2 are a different design:

The southern end of platform 2:

Looking south along both platforms towards the southern end of platform 2:

All photographs are © Alexandra Lanes You may reproduce them anywhere for any purpose. Coastline maps are reproduced from Ordnance Survey map data by permission of the Ordnance Survey © Crown copyright 2001