Cockermouth (C&W) railway station
| Cockermouth (C&W) | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Cockermouth |
| Area | Allerdale |
| Coordinates | 54°39′49″N 3°22′27″W / 54.6637°N 3.3743°WCoordinates: 54°39′49″N 3°22′27″W / 54.6637°N 3.3743°W |
| Grid reference | NY114307 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Cockermouth & Workington Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 28 April 1847 | Opened |
| 2 January 1865 | Closed to passengers and replaced by new station[1] |
| 1964 | Closed completely[2] |
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A 1904 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (right) railways in the vicinity of the station
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Legend |
The original Cockermouth railway station was the eastern terminus of the Cockermouth & Workington Railway.[3] It served the town of Cockermouth, Cumbria, England.
History
The station opened on 28 April 1847. It closed on 2 January 1865, being replaced by the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway station when the line was extended eastwards to Penrith using a different alignment.[4]
After closure to passengers the station remained in use as a goods station until 1964. The station area included an engine shed from the line's early days, this was converted for use as a goods shed after the station closed to passengers.[5]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminus | Cockermouth & Workington Railway | Brigham Line and station closed | ||
References
- ↑ Butt 1995, p. 65.
- ↑ Suggitt 2008, p. 78.
- ↑ Jowett 2000, Map 36.
- ↑ Western 2001, Chapters 2 & 3.
- ↑ Western 2001, p. 35.
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Suggitt, Gordon (2008). Lost Railways of Cumbria (Railway Series). Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 978-1-84674-107-4.
- Western, Robert (2001). The Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway OL113. Usk: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-564-0.
Further reading
- British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas And Gazetteer. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. 1997 [1958]. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3.
- Anderson, Paul (April 2002). Hawkins, Chris, ed. "Dog in the Manger? The Track of the Ironmasters". British Railways Illustrated. Clophill: Irwell Press Ltd. 11 (7).
- Bairstow, Martin (1995). Railways In The Lake District. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-871944-11-2.
- Bowtell, Harold D. (1989). Rails through Lakeland: An Illustrated Journey of the Workington-Cockermouth-Keswick-Penrith Railway 1847-1972. Wyre, Lancashire: Silverling Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-947971-26-2.
- Joy, David (1983). Lake Counties (Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 094653702X.
- McGowan Gradon, W. (2004) [1952]. The Track of the Ironmasters: A History of the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway. Grange-over-Sands: Cumbrian Railways Association. ISBN 0-9540232-2-6.
- Marshall, John (1981). Forgotten Railways: North West England. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0 7153 8003 6.
- Smith, Paul; Turner, Keith (2012). Railway Atlas Then and Now. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978 0 7110 3695 6.
See also
Cumbria portal
External links
- Map of the line with photos, via RAILSCOT
- The station on an OS map surveyed in 1864, via National Library of Scotland
- The station as a goods station on an OS map surveyed in 1898, via National Library of Scotland
- The station as a goods station on an OS map surveyed in 1947, via National Library of Scotland
- The station, via Rail Map Online
- The railways of Cumbria, via Cumbrian Railways Association
- Photos of Cumbrian railways, via Cumbrian Railways Association
- The railways of Cumbria, via Railways_of_Cumbria
- Cumbrian Industrial History, via Cumbria Industrial History Society
- Local history of the CKPR route, via Cockermouth
- The line's and station's Engineer's Line References, via railwaycodes.org.uk
- A video tour-de-force of the region's closed lines, via cumbriafilmarchive
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