Gretna railway station (Caledonian Railway)

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Gretna
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66139 passes the former station building at Gretna in 2005.
General information
LocationNear Gretna Green, Cumbria
England
Coordinates 54°59′49″N3°02′31″W / 54.997°N 3.042°W / 54.997; -3.042
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping LMS
Key dates
9 September 1847Opened [1]
10 September 1951Closed [1]

Gretna railway station was a railway station close to Gretna Green in Scotland. The Caledonian Railway, however, built the station just south of Gretna Junction and the England/Scotland border, in Cumberland (now Cumbria).

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History

The station opened on 9 September 1847. [1] It closed on 10 September 1951. [1]

Very little remains of the station in 2008.

The Caledonian Railway station was one of three serving Gretna, the others being:

A short distance to the north on the Caledonian Railway are Quintinshill loops, the site of the rail crash in 1915.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Floriston
Line open; station closed		  Caledonian Railway
CR Main Line
  Kirkpatrick
Line open; station closed
connenction to GD&CR  Glasgow and South Western Railway
Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
  Gretna Green
Line and station open
Longtown
Line and station closed		  North British Railway
Border Union Railway
 connenction to BUR

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Butt (1995), page 110

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