Gretna Green railway station

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General information
Location	Dumfries and Galloway
Coordinates	55.0007°N 3.0670°W / 55.0007; -3.0670
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	GEA
History
Original company	Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
23 August 1848	Opened as Gretna
April 1852	Renamed as Gretna Green
6 December 1965	Closed
20 September 1993	Reopened slightly west by British Rail

Gretna Green railway station serves the village of Gretna Green and the town of Gretna in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow South Western Line and is managed by Abellio ScotRail who provide all passenger train services.

History

The station was opened by the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway on 23 August 1848 as Gretna. The Glasgow and South Western Railway renamed the station as Gretna Green in April 1852.

On 6 December 1965 the station was closed. Following closure, the station building was sold. In 1975 the site of the station became the eastern end of the single line section to Annan, as part of the route rationalisation carried out by British Rail following the electrification of the West Coast Main Line.

The station reopened in September 1993 by British Rail with just one platform, on the north side of the line to the west of the previous station, coinciding with the west end of the points marking the end of the single track section from Annan.

The second platform came into use when the line to Annan was restored to double track in August 2008.

The Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway station was one of three serving Gretna, the others being:

• Gretna built by the Caledonian Railway in 1847, closing in 1951.
• Gretna built by Border Union Railway in 1861, closing in 1915.

Services

18 departures are provided each way on weekdays (20 on Saturday). A basic hourly service to Dumfries runs for most of the day (two-hourly through to Glasgow), with one or two longer gaps during the morning and a similar number south to Carlisle. These include five through trains to Newcastle via Hexham.

On Sundays there are five departures for Carlisle and four for Dumfries, two of which run through to Glasgow.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Carlisle		Abellio ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line		Annan
Carlisle		Northern Glasgow South Western Line		Annan
	Historical railways
Gretna (CR) Line open; station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway		Rigg Line open; station closed

Gallery

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  Looking west

References

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.
• RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
• Original Gretna Green railway station on navigable OS map