Burns Main Lines

[Geoff]

At the moment there is a small part of railway in the south west known as "Burns Line". It stretches from Girvan to Kilmarnock via Ayr.
Why doesn't the SW promote both this line and the railway line from Carlisle to Girvan via Kilmarnock and Ayr as

"THE BURNS LINES".

This October is the anniversary of the line opening south:
On the 28th of October 1850, Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway merged with Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway to become the Glasgow and South Western Railway.

[Geoff]

The present "Burns Line" goes from Girvan to Kilmarnock via Ayr. If we carry the name on from Kilmarnock to Gretna it passes through, over and under many places connected with Robert Burns. From Kilmarnock (The First Edition) and Hurlford (Johnnie Walker), under Mossgeil Farm, beside Mauchline and through Auchinleck (James Boswell) and on to New Cumnock.
It follows the River Nith from New Cumnock in Ayrshire (where the Afton and Nith merge, on their way south) and enters Dumfriesshire, passing through Kirkconnel, Sanquhar, Thornhill and passing Closeburn, Dalswinton, Ellisland Farm, through Dumfries, to the Solway Firth. The line carries on to Gretna and Carlisle.

[hamish]

Why is there no railway station in Thornhill ? I think someone should ask the Chief Feudalist in this area - the Duke of Buccleuch.

[Geoff]

Was there ever a railway station at Thornhill Hamish, perhaps the same as the private station near Dumfries House near Cumnock?

If one were to be opened would hit harm or benefit businesses such as coach hire, taxi firms, hotels, golf course, etc.
Interesting.