On 25 July 1889, a train was approaching Brucklay; it was called on into the station by a pointsman waving a white flag, but the points were set for sidings and the train ran into the siding, colliding with stationary vehicles. A cartage driver in the goods yard was killed and seven passengers in the train and the guard were injured. The points were not interlocked with the signalling, and the distant signal was improperly at clear.
