Gretna Green railway station
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 north-west of Carlisle, serves the town of Gretna and village of Gretna Green in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.Photo: Stephen Armstrong, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Gretna Green, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “GEA”, “Gretna Green Railway Station”, and “Gretna Green Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Raydale Park and Lochmaben Stone.
Raydale Park
Sports venue
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Raydale Park is a football stadium in Gretna, Scotland. It is home to Lowland League side Gretna 2008 and now has a capacity of 1,030. Raydale formerly served as the home ground of Gretna until the club resigned from the Scottish Football League in 2008. Raydale Park is situated 2,900 feet southwest of Gretna Green railway station.
Lochmaben Stone
Ruins
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Lochmaben Stone is a megalith on the shore of the Solway Firth in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies by the mouth of the Kirtle Water, near the town of Gretna. Lochmaben Stone is situated 1¼ miles south of Gretna Green railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gretna and Metal Bridge.
Gretna
Photo: Amanda Slater, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gretna, together with Gretna Green, is a border town in Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland, with a population of 3400 in 2022; the name refers to grit or gravel.
Metal Bridge
Hamlet
Photo: Adrian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Metal Bridge is a small settlement in Cumbria, England between Carlisle and Gretna, formerly on the main A74 road. The settlement consists of a few properties clustered around a public house of the same name, on the south bank of the River Esk, in a corner of Rockcliffe parish. Metal Bridge is situated 3 miles southeast of Gretna Green railway station.
Longtown
Town
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longtown is a market town in Cumbria, but in the historic county of Cumberland, England, just south of the Scottish Border. It has a sheep market which was at the centre of the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth crisis. Longtown is situated 4 miles east of Gretna Green railway station.
Gretna Green railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.00074° or 55° 0′ 3″ northLongitude
-3.0667° or 3° 4′ 0″ westElevation
75 feet (23 metres)Operator
ScotRailNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“GEA”Open location code
9C7R2W2M+78OpenStreetMap ID
node 26747371OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Gretna Green railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Gretna Green”
- Dutch: “Station Gretna Green”
- French: “gare de Gretna Green”
- French: “Gretna Green”
- Urdu: “گریٹنا گرین ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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