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Gretna Green is a parish in the southern council area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, close to the town of Gretna, [1] on the Scottish side of the English-Scottish border. It is accessed from the A74(M) motorway. [1] Historically Gretna Green was on the Glasgow-Carlisle road, a significant early toll road between England and Scotland.
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.
Gretna Green services is a motorway service station near the village of Gretna Green, Scotland and the town of Gretna. The service station is located next to the A74(M) motorway between junctions 21 and 22 and can be accessed by both northbound and southbound traffic. It is owned by Welcome Break.
On 1 August 2015, a ballast train ran into the rear of another ballast train at Cumnock.Both trains were derailed. [5]On 13 December 2024, the line was temporarily closed between Carlisle and Gretna after a HGV crashed off the A74(M) motorway onto the track near Gretna; the driver was arrested and charged over the incident.
The motorway is usually referred to as the M74, as it is one continuous route and has a continuous junction numbering system, but south of Abington it is the A74(M), as noted on each sign, save for one erroneous "M74" sign at Gretna Green services. One reason for this was an intended future-proofing measure.
This commenced with a series of "fast track" road improvements, the initial two being between Abington and Millbank, then from Kirkpatrick Fleming to Gretna. [ 21 ] By 2008, the A74(M) motorway extended southwards to the northern terminus of the M6 , at the Scottish border, and was extended northwards in the mid-1990s as far as the Glasgow ...
Gretna Green railway station, a railway station in Gretna Green, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland; Gretna railway station (Border Union Railway), a former station; Gretna railway station (Caledonian Railway), a former station
Gretna railway station was a railway station close to Gretna Green in Scotland. The Caledonian Railway , however, built the station just south of Gretna Junction and the England/Scotland border, in Cumberland (now Cumbria ).