Gretna (Caledonian) railway station

Gretna
Location
Place	Near Gretna Green
Area	City of Carlisle
Coordinates	54°59′49″N 3°02′31″W / 54.997°N 3.042°W / 54.997; -3.042Coordinates: 54°59′49″N 3°02′31″W / 54.997°N 3.042°W / 54.997; -3.042
Operations
Original company	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Platforms	2
History
9 September 1847	Opened[1]
10 September 1951	Closed[1]
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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).

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:

• Gretna built by Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway in 1848 (successor station open)
• Gretna built by the Border Union Railway in 1861, closing in 1915.

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

References

Notes

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• RAILSCOT on Caledonian Railway
• RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
• RAILSCOT on Langhom Branch
• Gretna (Caledonian) railway station on navigable OS map