Dumfries train station
You can reach 16 stations directly from Dumfries on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Annan, with 33 trains a day.
Dumfries is the nearest station for postcodes in DG1, DG2, DG5. Check your own postcode.
- 16 direct destinations
- 1,081st busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 134 parking spaces
- 4 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Dumfries
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annan | 33 | 32 | 10 |
| Carlisle | 33 | 32 | 10 |
| Gretna Green | 33 | 32 | 10 |
| Auchinleck | 18 | 17 | 4 |
| Barrhead | 18 | 17 | 4 |
| Dunlop | 18 | 17 | 4 |
| Glasgow Central | 18 | 17 | 4 |
| Kilmaurs | 18 | 17 | 4 |
| Kilmarnock | 18 | 17 | 4 |
| Kirkconnel | 18 | 17 | 4 |
| New Cumnock | 18 | 17 | 4 |
| Sanquhar | 18 | 17 | 4 |
| Stewarton | 18 | 17 | 4 |
| Crossmyloof | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kennishead | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nitshill | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Priesthill & Darnley | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pollokshaws West | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Lines serving Dumfries
Dumfries is on the Glasgow and South Western Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Dumfries station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Dumfries station on 51 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 9 paths on the Wednesday, 5 paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. 18 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 07:00 to 08:00 on the Monday, with 3 paths booked.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Dumfries station is
346,310 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,081st busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 750 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Dumfries and Carlisle than any other pair: 139,508 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
- Lockerbie 10.5 miles
- Annan 14.9 miles
- Gretna Green 21.9 miles
- Sanquhar 24.2 miles
- Aspatria 24.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Dumfries, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Maxwelltown · 1.3 miles
- Locharbriggs · 2.6 miles
- Holywood · 3.3 miles
- Racks · 3.8 miles
- Amisfield · 4.1 miles
- Irongray · 4.4 miles
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Facilities at Dumfries station
Dumfries is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:35 to 19:30 · Saturday: 06:35 to 19:30 · Sunday: 10:30 to 19:55
Toilets · WiFi
Parking at Dumfries station
- Station Car Park 134 spaces, 4 accessible
£2.00 a day
Cycle parking: 20 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Dumfries station
Dumfries station is in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is A74(M) J17 (Lockerbie North Interchange), 10.2 miles east.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Dumfries Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Dumfries station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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