Gretna Green railway station
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. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by Abellio ScotRail who provide all passenger train services.
Gretna Green  | |
|---|---|
 The 1993 station, looking east | |
| Location | Gretna Green, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55.0007°N 3.0670°W |
| Grid reference | NY319678 |
| 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[1] |
| April 1852 | Renamed as Gretna Green[1] |
| 6 December 1965 | Closed[1] |
| 20 September 1993 | Reopened slightly west by British Rail |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  38,940 |
| 2016/17 |  39,042 |
| 2017/18 | 39,930 |
| 2018/19 | 45,884 |
| 2019/20 | 46,486 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
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 as Gretna Green in April 1852.[1]
On 6 December 1965,[1] the station was closed and 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 was reopened in 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.
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
On Monday to Saturdays, There is a regular hourly service to both Dumfries and Carlisle with a train roughly every 2 hours to Kilmarnock and Glasgow Central, 3 of the Carlisle trains extend through to Newcastle, 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
Looking west
References
Notes
- Butt (1995), page 110
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 Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
- Original Gretna Green railway station on navigable OS map