Arlecdon railway station

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Arlecdon

Site of the station in 1994
Location
Place	Arlecdon
Area	Copeland
Operations
Original company	Cleator and Workington Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Cleator and Workington Junction Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	?
History
5 October 1912	Station opens
1 January 1917	Station partially closed
1 January 1927	Station totally closed
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Arlecdon railway station was a station which served the village of Arlecdon in the former English county of Cumberland, now part of Cumbria. It was served by trains on the line between Workington and Cleator Moor.

History

Opened by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, only to close in 1927.

The site today

Earthworks still remain at this meeting point of two formerly busy industrial railways.

References

R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1
Station on navigable O.S. map

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Distington		London Midland and Scottish Railway Cleator and Workington Junction Railway		Kelton Fell

Coordinates: 54°33′12″N 3°28′15″W / 54.55333°N 3.47073°W / 54.55333; -3.47073

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