Gretna railway station (Caledonian Railway) explained

Gretna
Status:Disused
Borough:Near Gretna Green, City of Carlisle
Country:England
Coordinates:54.997°N -3.042°W
Platforms:2
Original:Caledonian Railway
Postgroup:LMS
Years:9 September 1847
Events:Opened[1]
Years1:10 September 1951
Events1:Closed

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. 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.

References

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Notes and References

  1. Butt (1995), page 110