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Gretna | |
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General information | |
Location | Near Gretna Green, City of Carlisle England |
Coordinates | 54°59′49″N3°02′31″W / 54.997°N 3.042°W |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Caledonian Railway |
Post-grouping | LMS |
Key dates | |
9 September 1847 | Opened [1] |
10 September 1951 | Closed [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).
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 | ||
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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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