Editing Dumfries (section)

==Transport==
[[File:Dumfries Railway Station 2008-01-18.jpg|thumb|[[Dumfries railway station]]]]
Dumfries is linked to the Northbound [[A74(M)]] motorway at [[Beattock]] via the [[A701 road]]. The [[A75 road]] eastbound links Dumfries to the southbound A74(M), leading to the [[M6 motorway]] and [[Carlisle]]. The A75 road west links Dumfries with the ferry port of [[Stranraer]]. The [[A76 road]] connects to [[Kilmarnock]] in [[Ayrshire]].

[[Dumfries railway station]] lies on the [[Glasgow South Western Line]]. It was awarded Best Station Awards by [[British Rail]] in 1986 and 1987. The train service is now operated by [[ScotRail]] which provides services to [[Glasgow Central railway station|Glasgow Central]] and Carlisle, and less frequent services direct to [[Newcastle railway station|Newcastle]]. The nearest station to Dumfries on the [[West Coast Main Line]] is {{convert|14|mi|km}} east along the [[A709 road (Great Britain)|A709 road]] at [[Lockerbie railway station|Lockerbie]], and the nearest West Coast Main Line station linking directly to Dumfries by rail is [[Carlisle railway station|Carlisle]].

[[Maxwelltown railway station|Maxwelltown station]] in the Summerhill district of the town was closed along with the direct line to [[Stranraer railway station|Stranraer]] via Castle Douglas as part of the [[Beeching cuts]] in 1965. Part of the disused railway track in Dumfries was later converted to a cycle path.