Gretna Green railway station
Railway station in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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 | ||||
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23 August 1848 | Opened as Gretna | ||||
April 1852 | Renamed Gretna Green | ||||
6 December 1965 | Closed | ||||
20 September 1993 | Resited and reopened | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 45,884 | ||||
2019/20 | 46,486 | ||||
2020/21 | 5,536 | ||||
2021/22 | 29,484 | ||||
2022/23 | 37,404 | ||||
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