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, City of Carlisle
England
Coordinates 54°59′49″N3°02′31″W / 54.997°N 3.042°W / 54.997; -3.042 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

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Notes

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

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