Abbey Junction railway station

Abbey Junction
Location
Place	Abbey Town
Area	Allerdale
Operations
Original company	Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	?
History
August 22, 1856	Station opens as Abbey Holme
August 31, 1870	Renamed Abbey Junction
September 1, 1921	Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Abbey Junction
Location
Place	Abbey Town
Area	Cumberland
Operations
Original company	Solway Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	?
History
August 31, 1870	Station opens as Abbey Junction
1 January 1917	Station closes
2 March 1919	Station reopens
May 20, 1921	Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Abbey Junction railway station was the railway junction where the branch line to Silloth on the Solway Firth divided from the Solway Junction Railway in the English county of Cumberland (later Cumbria).

History

A station on the site was opened as Abbeyholme by the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway in 1856, and was then renamed Abbey Junction by the North British Railway in 1870. It closed in 1921.

A parallel station on the site was opened as Abbey Junction by the Maryport and Carlisle Railway. It closed briefly from 1917 to 1919 then permanently in 1921.

The closure of the stations was linked to the closure of the Solway viaduct.

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. 
• Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0. 

External links

• Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway
• Map of area's railways

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Kirkbride		North British Railway Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway		Abbey Town
Whitrigg		Caledonian Railway Solway Junction Railway		Bromfield