Gretna Green railway station
Gretna Green  | |
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| Location | Gretna Green, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°00′03″N 3°03′59″W / 55.0007556°N 3.0663050°WCoordinates: 55°00′03″N 3°03′59″W / 55.0007556°N 3.0663050°W |
| Grid reference | NY319678 |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | GEA |
| History | |
| Original company | Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Glasgow and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping |
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| Key dates | |
| 23 August 1848 | Opened as Gretna |
| April 1852 | Renamed Gretna Green |
| 6 December 1965 | Closed |
| 20 September 1993 | Resited and reopened |
| Passengers | |
| 2016/17 |  39,042 |
| 2017/18 | 39,930 |
| 2018/19 | 45,884 |
| 2019/20 | 46,486 |
| 2020/21 |  5,536 |
| Location | |
  Gretna Green Location in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland | |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Gretna Green is a railway station on the Glasgow South Western Line, which runs between Carlisle and Glasgow Central via Kilmarnock. The station, situated 9 miles 58 chains (16 km) north-west of Carlisle, serves the town of Gretna and village of Gretna Green in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Abellio ScotRail.
History[]
The station was opened by the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway on 23 August 1848 as Gretna.[1] The Glasgow and South Western Railway renamed the station Gretna Green in April 1852.[1]
On 6 December 1965, the station was closed and the station building was subsequently sold.[1] In 1975, the site of the station became the eastern end of a 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 was reopened on 20 September 1993 by British Rail, with just one platform on the northern side of the line to the west of the previous station, coinciding with the western 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.[2][3][4]
The Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway station was one of three serving the town of Gretna, the others being:
- Gretna, built by the Caledonian Railway. Opened on 9 September 1847 and closed on 10 September 1951.
- Gretna, built by the Border Union Railway. Opened on 1 November 1861 and closed on 9 August 1915.
Services[]
Following the May 2021 timetable change, there is a mostly an uneven hourly to 2 hourly service (Monday to Saturday) heading north-west towards Dumfries, with seven trains of these to Glasgow Central via Kilmarnock. On Sunday, there are five trains per day to Dumfries, two of which extend to Glasgow Central. Heading south-east towards Carlisle, there is an mostly hourly service with peak time extras with three trains per day (excluding Sunday) extending to Newcastle via Hexham. All services are operated by Abellio ScotRail.[5][a]
Rolling stock used: Class 156 Super Sprinter
Gallery[]
The station, photographed in September 2008, following completion of the doubling of the track between Annan and Gretna Green.
Notes[]
- ^ From Carlisle, services extending to Newcastle via Hexham are operated by Northern Trains.
References[]
- ^ a b c Butt (1995), page 110
- ^ "New railway on the double for Gretna–Annan". Network Rail. 15 July 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Rail line shuts for major upgrade". BBC News. 15 July 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Gretna–Annan rail project targets summer completion". Rail Technology Magazine. 6 December 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Train times: Glasgow – Barrhead, Kilmarnock and Carlisle / Glaschu – Cnoc a' Bharra, Cill Mheàrnaig, Carlisle agus An Caisteal Nuadh" (PDF). Abellio ScotRail. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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Sources[]
- Butt, R. V. J. (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.
- 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 the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
- Original Gretna Green railway station on a navigable Ordnance Survey map
External links[]
Media related to Gretna Green railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Train times and station information for Gretna Green railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle | Abellio ScotRail 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 | ||
- Railway stations in Dumfries and Galloway
- Railway stations served by Abellio ScotRail
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1993
- Reopened railway stations in Great Britain
- Former Glasgow and South Western Railway stations
- Beeching closures in Scotland
- Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway
- 1848 establishments in Scotland