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05/10/2023 Ayrshire: Improvements for A75 between Gretna, Stranraer [Ayr Advertiser] The northern leg of the HS2 rail project has been scrapped, with the billions of pounds saved to be ploughed into transport improvements across the UK. (Permalink) A75 Cairnryan Castle Douglas Gretna HS2 Newton Stewart Port Road Stranraer Castle Douglas: Standard 2-6-4T 80117 at Castle Douglas with a Dumfries to Kirkcudbright service in April 1965. Brian Haslehust 24/04/1965 Newton Stewart: 2P 40623 with Black 5 45432 at Newton Stewart on 16 July 1956 with the 10.58 am ex-Stranraer. G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 16/07/1956 Ayr Advertiser
07/04/2023 Devegetation works on West Coast Mainline between Gretna and Lockerbie [Network Rail] Network Rail will be carrying out tree and vegetation management along a 9-mile stretch of the West Coast Mainline between Gretna and Lockerbie. (Permalink) Gretna Lockerbie Vegetation removal West Coast Main Line Network Rail
16/10/2020 Hope for train jobs in South Lanarkshire could hit the buffers [Carluke Gazette] A high-speed train 'stabling' facility - creating up to 100 jobs is set to be constructed, but hopes it'll be in South Lanarkshire could hit the buffers. (Permalink) Gretna HS2 Quintinshill Ravenstruther Carluke Gazette
08/10/2020 High-speed train 'stabling' facility proposed near Gretna [BBC News] The site in the south of Scotland could house up to 28 trains for cleaning and light maintenance. [The location would be a greenfield site just west of Quintinshill, location of Britain's deadliest rail disaster. See p43 of PDF.] (Permalink) Gretna HS2 Quintinshill BBC News gov.uk PDF document