Workington Central railway station

Workington Central railway station served the town of Workington in Cumbria, England. The railway station was located on the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway; it lay slightly inland of the current Workington station on a parallel rival line.

History

Opened by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then closed under this management.

The Site Today

The line is now part of the West Cumbria Cycle Network [1]

External links

• Map

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Station site on navigable O.S. map (Central was on line shown to the east of operating station)