Kirkandrews railway station
Kirkandrews | |
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![]() The former station in 2002 | |
General information | |
Location | Kirkandrews-on-Eden, Carlisle England |
Coordinates | 54°55′00″N 3°00′44″W / 54.9166°N 3.0121°W |
Grid reference | NY352584 |
Platforms | 1[1] |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Port Carlisle Railway |
Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
1854 | Opened |
7 September 1964 | Closed |
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway | ||||||||||||||
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Kirkandrews railway station was a railway station near Kirkandrews-on-Eden, Cumbria, England, on the Port Carlisle Railway branch and later the Silloth branch.[2] The station served the village and the rural district. Kirkandrews closed on 7 September 1964;[3] the station building survives as a private dwelling. The line to Silloth closed on 7 September 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts.
History
In 1819 a port was constructed at Port Carlisle and in 1821, the Carlisle Navigation Canal.[4] was built to take goods to Carlisle.[4] The canal was closed in 1853[4] and much of it was infilled by the Port Carlisle Railway Company who constructed a railway that started passenger services in 1854, discontinuing them two years later when the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company's (C&SBRDC) new railway to Silloth opened, utilising the Port Carlisle Branch as far as Drumburgh.[5]
The North British Railway leased the line from 1862, it was absorbed by them in 1880, and then taken over by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.[5]
Infrastructure
The station sat close to the village in the cut of the old canal; it had a single platform, and a shelter. The branch ran close to the course of Hadrian's Wall. A substantial station building was present. A large seed warehouse was located at the station. In common with other stations on the line, it had its name picked out in sea shells on a raised area opposite the station building.[6]
References
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- Notes
- ^ Hammond 2015, p. 417.
- ^ Solway Plain - Past and Present Retrieved : 2012-08-21
- ^ Cumbria Railways Retrieved : 2012-08-21
- ^ a b c Ramshaw 1997, p. 1.
- ^ a b Cumbria Railway Retrieved : 2012-08-21
- ^ White 1984.
- Sources
- Hammond, John M. (August 2015). Peascod, Michael (ed.). "The Beeching Plan and the Closure of the Carlisle-Silloth Branch". Cumbrian Railways. 11 (11). Pinner: Cumbrian Railways Association. ISSN 1466-6812.
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(help) - Ramshaw, David (1997). The Carlisle Navigation Canal, 1821-53. Carlisle: P3 Publications. ISBN 978-0-9522098-5-0.
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(help) - White, Stephen (1984). Solway Steam. The Story of the Silloth and Port Carlisle Railways 1854-1964. Carlisle: Carel Press. ISBN 978-0-9509096-1-5.
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External links
- Kirkandrews station Cumbria Gazetteer
- Kirkandrews station Deborah Irwin
- Kirkandrews station Cumbria Railways
- The station on an Edwardian 6" OS map National Library of Scotland
- The station and line Rail Maps Online
- The station and line, with mileages Railway Codes
- Cumbria Gazetteer
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Carlisle Station open, line closed |
North British Railway Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway |
Burgh-by-Sands Line and station closed |