Appleby East railway station

Appleby East
Appleby East railway station in 1997.
General information
Location	Appleby-in-Westmorland, Eden England
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Eden Valley Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
9 June 1862	Station opened as Appleby
1 September 1952	Station renamed Appleby East
22 January 1962	Station closed
Location Appleby East Location in present-day Eden, Cumbria Appleby East Location in present-day Cumbria, England

Remains of the station in 1991

Appleby stations in 1903 (right of diagram)

Appleby East railway station is a closed railway station that was situated on the Eden Valley Railway between Kirkby Stephen East and Penrith in Cumberland (now in Cumbria), England. The station was formerly one of two that served the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland, the other being Appleby West station on the Midland Railway's Settle to Carlisle line. The latter station is still open, albeit now simply called Appleby station.

History

Opened by the Eden Valley Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

The site today

The station is fairly intact and is used by a scrap merchant.[1]

In 1995, the Eden Valley Railway Society was formed with the aim of restoring the line and reintroducing a train service. The society, now renamed the Eden Valley Railway Trust, now operates a heritage service from Warcop station, and is upgrading the track towards Appleby East for public service.

References

• Walton, Peter (1992). The Stainmore & Eden Valley Railways. Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-86093-306-7.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas And Gazetteer. Ian Allan Publishing. 1997 [1958]. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3.

External links

• Station on navigable O.S. map. Northerly of the two stations.
• Cumbria's Lost Railways - Appleby East Station
• Appleby and the Eden Valley Railway

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Kirkby Thore		North Eastern Railway Eden Valley Railway		Warcop