Gretna railway station (Caledonian Railway)
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Gretna | |
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66139 passes the former station building at Gretna in 2005. | |
General information | |
Location | Near Gretna Green, City of Carlisle England |
Coordinates | 54°59′49″N 3°02′31″W / 54.997°N 3.042°W |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Caledonian Railway |
Post-grouping | LMS |
Key dates | |
9 September 1847 | Opened[1] |
10 September 1951 | Closed[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
[edit]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:
- 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 | ||
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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
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[edit]Sources
[edit]- 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