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Gretna railway station (Border Union Railway)

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The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present
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Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day
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As with the adjacent Caledonian station, very little remains of the station in 2008.
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The Border Union Railway station was one of three serving Gretna, the others being:
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The station opened on 1 November 1861. It closed on 9 August 1915.
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Gretna (Border Union) railway station on navigable OS map
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Cumberland and Westmorland Convalescent Institution
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Index

Gretna Green
City of Carlisle
54°59′51″N 3°02′29″W / 54.9975°N 3.0413°W / 54.9975; -3.0413
Border Union Railway
North British Railway
railway station
Gretna Green
Scotland
English
Border Union Railway
Caledonian Railway
Cumbria
Gretna
Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
Gretna
Caledonian Railway
North British Railway
Waverley Route
Longtown




Butt, R. V. J.
The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present
Sparkford
ISBN
978-1-85260-508-7
OCLC
60251199

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