Smardale railway station

Smardale railway station was a minor station on the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway between Tebay and Kirkby Stephen East. It served the villages of Smardale and Waitby. The station opened to passenger traffic on 8 August 1861, and closed on 1 December 1952.

Description and history

Smardale railway station building in 2016

At the time of its opening in 1861 the only habitation in the village of Smardale was Smardale Hall. The station consisted of a single platform on the south side of the line, and stone built station buildings as well as two goods sidings.^[1]

A signal box was added in the 1890s. During the First World War from 20 September 1915 the station closed being used as a halt but unstaffed. It reopened in 1919. The signal box was removed in the 1920s, and the station closed in 1952.^[1]^[2]

In 2002 the preservation society Stainmore Railway Company (at Kirkby Stephen East) recovered two wagons which had derailed near the station and been left undisturbed for half a century.^[3] As of 2013 the Stationmaster's house was still extant and formed the basis of an expanded private residence.^[1]

References

1 2 3 Smardale www.disused-stations.org.uk
↑ Stainmore Railway Company - Photographs : Smardale Halt www.cumbria-railways.co.uk
↑ Rail crash remains recovered after 49 years 20 March 2004 , Cumberland and Westmorland Herald , www.cwherald.com

Sources

Walton, Peter (1992). The Stainmore & Eden Valley Railways. Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-86093-306-7.
Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas And Gazetteer. Ian Allan Publishing. 1997 [1958]. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3.

Images

Old Cumbria Gazetteer: Smardale Station www.geog.port.ac.uk
Stainmore lines 1 The Cumbria Railways Association Photo Library, cra.photos.gb.net

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Ravenstonedale		South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway		Kirkby Stephen East

Closed railway stations in Cumbria

Waverley Route	Kershope Foot Nook Pasture Penton Riddings Junction Scotch Dyke Longtown Gretna (Border Union) Lyneside Harker Parkhouse Halt

Caledonian Main Line	Gretna (Caledonian) Floriston Rockcliffe

Solway Junction Railway	Bowness Whitrigg Bromfield (Cumbria)

Port Carlisle Dock and Railway	Port Carlisle Glasson Drumburgh Burgh-by-Sands Kirkandrews Port Carlisle Junction Carlisle Canal

Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway	New Dykes Brow Kirkbride Sleightholme Abbey Junction Abbey Town Black Dyke Halt Causewayhead Silloth Cumberland and Westmorland Convalescent Institution Silloth Battery Extension

Maryport and Carlisle Railway	Carlisle Crown Street Carlisle Bogfield Cummersdale Curthwaite Micklethwaite Brookfield (Cumbria) Leegate Low Row Brayton High Blaithwaite Mealsgate Allhallows Colliery Baggrow Arkleby Bullgill Dearham Bridge Dearham Linefoot Dovenby Lodge Papcastle

Newcastle and Carlisle Railway	Carlisle Canal Street Carlisle London Road Scotby Heads Nook How Mill Brampton Fell Brampton Town Naworth Low Row

Lancaster and Carlisle Railway	Brisco Wreay Southwaite Calthwaite Plumpton (Cumbria) Clifton and Lowther Shap Tebay Low Gill Grayrigg Milnthorpe Burton and Holme

Ingleton Branch Line	Low Gill Sedbergh Middleton-on-Lune Barbon

Eden Valley Railway	Clifton Moor Cliburn Temple Sowerby Kirkby Thore Appleby East Warcop Musgrave

South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway	Gaisgill Ravenstonedale Smardale Barras

Settle-Carlisle Line	Scotby Cumwhinton Cotehill Little Salkeld Culgaith New Biggin Long Marton Ormside Crosby Garrett

Cleator and Workington Junction Railway	Great Broughton Camerton Colliery Halt Buckhill Colliery Halt Seaton (Cumbria) Workington Central High Harrington Distington Oatlands Arlecdon Moresby Parks Moresby Junction Halt Keekle Colliers' Platform Cleator Moor West

Harrington and Lowca Light Railway Gilgarran Branch	Harrington (Church Road) Halt Rosehill (Archer Street) Halt Rose Hill Platform Copperas Hill Micklam Lowca Parton Halt

Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway	Marron Junction Bridgefoot Branthwaite Ullock Lamplugh Rowrah Winder Yeathouse Eskett Frizington Cleator Moor East Cleator Moor Moor Row Woodend Gillfoot Egremont (Cumbria) St Thomas Cross Platform Beckermet Mines Beckermet

Whitehaven Junction Railway Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway Furness Railway	Siddick Junction Workington North Newtown (Cumbria) Eskmeals Whitbeck Crossing Kirksanton Crossing Under Hill Dunnerholme Gate Furness Abbey Barrow (Strand) Barrow (Rabbit Hill) Island Road Barrow (Ramsden Dock) Rampside Piel Lindal Ulverston Road

Cockermouth and Workington Railway	Workington Bridge Camerton (LNWR) Broughton Cross Brigham Cockermouth (C&W)

Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway	Cockermouth Embleton Bassenthwaite Lake Braithwaite Keswick Threlkeld Troutbeck Penruddock Blencow

Coniston Railway	Coniston Torver Woodland Broughton-in-Furness

Other	North Lonsdale Crossing Conishead Priory Newby Bridge Greenodd Boot Sandside Moss Bay Cart Siding

Coordinates: 54°28′07″N 2°24′06″W / 54.4687°N 2.4018°W / 54.4687; -2.4018

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