Editing Dumfries and Galloway (section)

== Transport ==
[[File:Lockerbie10.jpg|thumb|right|A Virgin Pendolino leaving Lockerbie station for Carlisle]]
[[File:Stenavoyager.JPG|thumb|right|[[Stena Line]] provided [[High-speed Sea Service|HSS]] sailings between Stranraer and Belfast]]

Transport in the region is operated by bus companies [[Houston's]], [[Stagecoach Western]], McCall's coaches, and a variety of other small operators. Train operators in the region are, [[ScotRail]], [[TransPennine Express]] and [[Avanti West Coast]]. The region has seven working railway stations. All are on the [[Glasgow South Western Line]], except [[Lockerbie]] which is on the [[West Coast Main Line]].
* [[Stranraer railway station]]
* [[Kirkconnel railway station]]
* [[Sanquhar railway station]]
* [[Dumfries railway station]]
* [[Annan railway station]]
* [[Gretna Green railway station]]
* [[Lockerbie railway station]]

The mainline from [[Dumfries railway station]] via [[Newton Stewart]] to [[Stranraer Harbour railway station]], was closed under the [[Beeching cuts]]. The line previously connected [[London Euston railway station|London Euston]] and the [[West Coast Main Line]] with the ferries to [[Larne Harbour railway station]] and the [[Port of Belfast]].

The Port Road line to Stranraer was the last to go in June 1965, leaving only the original [[Glasgow & South Western Railway|G&SWR]] main line open to serve the Stranraer.  The Beeching cuts ended the [[Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway]] and [[Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Railway]] has resulted in adverse mileage to connect [[Stranraer railway station|Stranraer]] with a longer line via [[Kilmarnock railway station|Kilmarnock]] and [[Ayr railway station|Ayr]].

The area is served by buses which connect the main population centres. Express bus services link the main towns with [[Glasgow]], [[Ayr]], [[Edinburgh]] and [[Carlisle]]. Local bus services also operate across the region. Dumfries and Galloway is home to two ports which have services to Northern Ireland, both are in the West of the region. [[Stena Line]] and [[P&O Irish Sea]] both have a port in the village of [[Cairnryan]]. The region also has no commercial airports; the nearest are [[Glasgow Prestwick Airport]] and [[Carlisle Lake District Airport]]. The region does host a number of private airfields.
The town of [[Lockerbie]] was the scene of the [[Pan Am Flight 103]] terrorist attack on 21 December 1988.

The main roads to and from the region are:
* [[M6 motorway|M6]]
* [[A74(M) and M74 motorways|A74(M)]]
* [[A75 road|A75]]
* [[A76 road|A76]]
* [[A77 road|A77]]
* [[A701 road|A701]]
* [[A709 road|A709]]