Gretna Green railway station

Gretna Green
265px The 1993 station, looking east
Location
Place	Gretna Green
Local authority	Dumfries and Galloway
Coordinates
Grid reference	NY319678
Operations
Station code	GEA
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	29,751
2005/06	32,234
2006/07	27,026
2007/08	28,801
2008/09	28,942
2009/10	31,250
2010/11	32,918
2011/12	36,628
2012/13	37,414
2013/14	37,950
History
Original company	Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
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
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Gretna Green from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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 re-opened 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

15 departures are provided on weekdays (20 on Saturday), A 2 hourly to Dumfries and Glasgow runs for most of the day with one or 2 longer gaps during the day, 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
	Historical railways
Gretna (CR) Line open; station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway		Rigg Line open; station closed

Gallery

• Gretna Green railway station looking west in 2008.jpg

  Looking west

References

Sources

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

• Butt (1995), page 110