Greenodd railway station
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Greenodd | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Greenodd, South Lakeland England | ||||
| Platforms | 2[1][2] | ||||
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| Status | Demolished | ||||
| History | |||||
| Pre-grouping | Furness Railway | ||||
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| 1869 | opened | ||||
| 16 September 1940 | closed | ||||
| 3 June 1946 | reopened | ||||
| 30 September 1946 | service suspended | ||||
| 13 June 1955 | officially closed[3] | ||||
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Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Greenodd railway station was on the route between Ulverston and Lakeside, built by the Furness Railway. It served the village of Greenodd, then in Lancashire and now in Cumbria, England, and trains were withdrawn from 30 September 1946 but was not officially closed until 1955. Train movements through the station continued until 1965,[4] with the closure of the line to Lakeside.
A section of the line has reopened as part of the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway, but the station itself has since been demolished and the trackbed between itself and to the south towards Ulverston used for road improvements. However, if you walk down by the embankment of the estuary, you will see the east side platform buried underneath the road grass verge, with some remnants of the back wall and shelter building visible as well.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Ulverston Line closed, station open |
Furness Railway Ulverston to Lakeside Line |
Haverthwaite Line closed, station open |
References
[edit]- ^ Images of the station, via Cumbria Railways Association
- ^ Robinson 2002, p. 26.
- ^ Passengers No More by G.Daniels and L.Dench Second Edition p. 57
- ^ Passengers No More by G.Daniels and L.Dench Second Edition page67
- Robinson, Peter W. (2002). Cumbria's Lost Railways. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84033-205-6.
Further reading
[edit]- "A Furness Locomotive Conversion". Notes and News. The Railway Magazine. Vol. 90, no. 553. London: Tothill Press Limited. March–April 1944. pp. 300 & 312.