Gretna (Caledonian) railway station

Gretna
Location
Place	Near Gretna Green
Area	City of Carlisle
Coordinates
Operations
Original company	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Platforms	2
History
9 September 1847	Opened
10 September 1951	Closed
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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 Cumbria.

History

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

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.

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

Sources

• RAILSCOT on Caledonian Railway
• RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
• RAILSCOT on Langhom Branch
• Gretna (Caledonian) railway station on navigable OS map