Cockermouth railway station

Cockermouth
Site of Cockermouth station in 1986
Location
Place	Cockermouth
Area	Allerdale
Operations
Original company	Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
2 January 1865	Opened (Replacing older station)
18 April 1966	Closed[1]
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A 1904 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (right) railways in the vicinity of the station

Cockermouth railway station was situated on the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway and served the town of Cockermouth, Cumbria, England.

The station opened to passenger traffic on 2 January 1865 and closed on 18 April 1966. The station was the second to be built in the town. The original Cockermouth & Workington Railway station closed to passengers when the CK&PR station opened on an altered alignment, though it remained in use as a goods station until 1964.

The later station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann. All traces of the station are now gone as the site is now occupied by The Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Base and the Cumbria Fire Service Headquarters. Running down the left hand side of The Fire Service Headquarters building is the old track bed, now a public walkway; there are original bridges and features surviving to this day.

Notes

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. 
• British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas And Gazetteer. Ian Allan Publishing. 1997 [1958]. ISBN 978-0-7110-0320-0. 
• Bairstow, Martin (1995). Railways In The Lake District. ISBN 978-1-871944-11-2. 

External links

• http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/

Coordinates: 54°39′36″N 3°21′54″W / 54.660°N 3.365°W / 54.660; -3.365