Gretna Green
Location type
StationName and dates
Gretna Green (1993-)Station code: GEA National Rail ScotRail
Where: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Opened on the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway.
Open on the G and SW Main Line.
Description
This station was a single platform on a single line when opened. It is now a two platform station after the down line was relayed and the existing platform became an up platform only.
This station replaces the older Gretna Green [1st] just to its east.
The line was redoubled in 2008 and fully accessible bridge installed to the new westbound platform.
Tags
Station
| Nearby stations Gretna Green [1st] Gretna Township Gretna [CR] Gretna [NBR] Rigg Kirkpatrick Floriston Longtown Lyneside Wylies Halt Eastriggs Scotch Dyke Rockcliffe Burgh-by-Sands Drumburgh | Gretna Junction Sark Viaduct Quintinshill Loops Gretna Border Union Junction Gretna Junction [NBR] Peat Works (ex of ng railway) Gretna Site No 4 HM Factory Gretna Ether Section Gretna MOD Junction Mossband Junction Kirtle Water Viaduct Admiralty Sidings Junction Kirkpatrick Railway Cottages Floriston Watertroughs Tourist/other Rigg Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1993 | Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Gretna Green station opened on new site slightly further west. |
| / /2007 | Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Project to redouble Annan to Gretna Green (around 8 miles) will cost £35M. Plan to include a second platform at Gretna Green. |
News items
Books
 An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways |  Carlisle To Beattock: including the Dumfries Branch (Scottish Main Lines) |  The Glasgow & South Western Railway a History |
