Gretna (Caledonian) railway station
Encyclopedia
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 Cumbria
.
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.
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
close to Gretna Green
Gretna Green
Gretna Green is a village in the south of Scotland famous for runaway weddings. It is in Dumfries and Galloway, near the mouth of the River Esk and was historically the first village in Scotland, following the old coaching route from London to Edinburgh. Gretna Green has a railway station serving...
in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. The Caledonian Railway
Caledonian Railway
The Caledonian Railway was a major Scottish railway company. It was formed in the early 19th century and it was absorbed almost a century later into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, in the 1923 railway grouping, by means of the Railways Act 1921...
, however, built the station just south of Gretna Junction and the England/Scotland border, in Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
.
History
The station opened on 9 September 1847. It closed on 10 September 1951.Very little remains of the station in 2008.
The Caledonian Railway station was one of three serving Gretna, the others being:
- GretnaGretna Green railway stationGretna 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 First ScotRail who provide all passenger train services.- History :...
built by Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle RailwayGlasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle RailwayThe Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway was a company in Scotland, which built and ran what is now known as the Glasgow South Western Line. The line was authorised on 13 August 1846 and was constructed between 1846 and 1850...
in 1848 (successor station open) - GretnaGretna (Border Union) railway stationGretna railway station was a railway station close to Gretna Green in Scotland although the station was on the English side of the border. However the Border Union Railway built the station adjacent to the Caledonian Railway's Gretna station south on Gretna Junction and in the England/Scotland...
built by the Border Union RailwayBorder Union RailwayThe Border Union Railway was a railway line in south of Scotland. It was authorised on 21 July 1859 and advertised as the Waverley Route by the promoters - the North British 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.