Gretna railway station (Caledonian Railway)

Gretna
66139 passes the former station building at Gretna in 2005.
General information
LocationNear Gretna Green, City of Carlisle
England
Coordinates54°59′49″N 3°02′31″W / 54.997°N 3.042°W / 54.997; -3.042
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLMS
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).

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

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d 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 (Caledonian) railway station on navigable OS map

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