Gretna, Manitoba Gretna after Gretna Green in Scotland, also a border community, where runaway couples were married by the blacksmith at his anvil. Gretna soon became a prominent border community. As businesses thrived and expanded, Gretna life in the early 20th century was filled with promise and opportunity. As progress would have it, changes afforded Gretna no favours and the community began losing the grain milling industry responsible for its boom. After the World War II, Gretna became the centre for oil transfer to the United States of America. Enbridge Pipelines Inc. (the main storage and transfer company of oil in southern
Gretna Green railway station station was one of three serving Gretna, the others being: 18 departures are provided each way on weekdays (20 on Saturday). A basic hourly service to Dumfries runs for most of the day (two-hourly through to Glasgow), with one or two longer gaps during the morning and a similar number south to Carlisle. These include five through trains to Newcastle via . On Sundays there are five departures for Carlisle and four for Dumfries, two of which run through to Glasgow. Gretna Green railway station Gretna Green railway station serves the village of Gretna Green and the town of Gretna