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The Railway at Gretna - A Story of War, Tragedy and Romance

Welcome to this new video: ‘The Railway at Gretna - A story of War, Tragedy and Romance’. Running Time 20 minutes. The railways arrived at Gretna back in 1847/48. Originally there were 3 stations ……. 1) The station that was opened by the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway in 1848 as Gretna and was subsequently renamed Gretna Green by the Glasgow and South Western Railway in 1852. The station remains open but was relocated around a couple of hundred yards to the south west of its original location in 1993. 2) The station that was built by the Caledonian Railway in 1847 and closed in 1951. 3) The station that was built by the Border Union Railway in 1861 and closed in 1915. The railway at Gretna was shaped by 3 major events …… 1. WAR - In early 1915 the parish was chosen as the site of Britain’s largest Cordite factory which stretched for 9 miles from Dornock in Dumfries & Galloway to Longtown in Cumberland. The whole complex was serviced by an internal railway network consisting of 125 miles of military gauge railway with 16 stations and 60 passenger trains operating every day. 2. TRAGEDY - The area was the scene of Britains worst ever railway disaster at Quintinshill (just to the north of Gretna) on 22nd May 1915. Five trains were involved in a collision on the Caledonian Railway resulting in a huge fire resulting in 220 deaths with a further 240 people injured. 3. ROMANCE - The small Scottish village of Gretna Green became synonymous with romance and runaway lovers following a change to the marriage laws in England & Wales in 1754. The new law required young people to be over the age of 21 if they wished to marry without their parents consent. The Scots however did not change their laws and continued with their centuries-old marriage traditions. When the railways arrived at Gretna so did many fugitive lovers from across the border. Today, the station at Gretna Green caters for around 50,000 passengers annually with Scot Rail providing an hourly daytime service to Carlisle and Dumfries (Monday to Saturday) with some services continuing to Kilmarnock and onto Glasgow Central. Services during the evening operate around every 2 hours. A less frequent service operates on Sundays. Thanks very much for watching. #Gretna #Gretna Green