It was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line.

Quintinshill was an intermediate signal box with loops on each side on the Caledonian Railway Main Line.

The cause of the accident was poor working practices on the part of the two signalmen involved which resulted in their imprisonment for culpable homicide.

Trains pass at speed on the electrified West Coast Main Line.

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