Gretna Green railway station

Gretna Green
General information
Location	Gretna Green, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland
Coordinates	55°00′03″N 3°03′59″W
Grid reference	NY319678
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	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	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (Scottish Region)
Key dates
23 August 1848	Opened as Gretna
April 1852	Renamed Gretna Green
6 December 1965	Closed
20 September 1993	Resited and reopened
Passengers
2019/20	46,486
2020/21	5,536
2021/22	29,484
2022/23	37,404
2023/24	51,334
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 ScotRail.

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 Gretna Green in April 1852.

On 6 December 1965, the station was closed and the station building was subsequently sold. 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.

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. All services are operated by ScotRail.

Services running through Carlisle to Newcastle were stopped at the May 2022 timetable change.

Rolling stock used: Class 156 Super Sprinter

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Carlisle		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

• 
  The station, photographed in September 2008, following completion of the doubling of the track between Annan and Gretna Green.

Sources

• 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.
• 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