Gretna railway station (Border Union Railway)

Gretna
General information
Location	Near Gretna Green, City of Carlisle England
Coordinates	54.9975°N 3.0413°W / 54.9975; -3.0413
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Border Union Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Key dates
1 November 1861	Opened[1]
9 August 1915	Closed[1]

Gretna railway station was a railway station close to Gretna Green in Scotland although the station was on the English side of the border. However the Border Union Railway built the station adjacent to the Caledonian Railway's Gretna station south on Gretna Junction and in the England/Scotland border in Cumbria.

History

The station opened on 1 November 1861.^[1] It closed on 9 August 1915.^[1]

As with the adjacent Caledonian station, very little remains of the station in 2008.

The Border Union 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 Caledonian Railway in 1847, closing in 1951.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Terminus		North British Railway Waverley Route		Longtown Line and station closed

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), page 110

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Gretna (Border Union) railway station on navigable OS map