Brigham railway station

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Brigham

The station in 1961
Location
Place	Brigham
Area	Allerdale
Coordinates	54°39′57″N 3°25′14″W / 54.66574°N 3.42058°W / 54.66574; -3.42058Coordinates: 54°39′57″N 3°25′14″W / 54.66574°N 3.42058°W / 54.66574; -3.42058
Grid reference	NY085310
Operations
Original company	Cockermouth & Workington Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
28 April 1847	Opened
18 April 1966	Closed^[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Brigham railway station was situated on the Cockermouth and Workington Railway and served the village of Brigham. The station opened on 28 April 1847, and closed on 18 April 1966. Remains of the station and the junction to Papcastle station are still visible on the A66 road before the Great Broughton junction; most of this track now forms part of the new A66.

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. p. 44. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.

British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas And Gazetteer. Ian Allan Publishing. 1958/1997. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3. Check date values in: |date= (help)
Bairstow, Martin (1995). Railways In The Lake District. ISBN 1-871944-11-2.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Cockermouth (Old) or Cockermouth (New)		London and North Western Railway Cockermouth & Workington Railway		Broughton Cross
Papcastle		Maryport and Carlisle Railway		Terminus

v t e Closed railway stations in Cumbria

Border Union Railway	Kershope Foot Nook Pasture Penton Riddings Junction Scotch Dyke Longtown Gretna (Border Union) Lyneside Harker

Caledonian Main Line	Gretna (Caledonian) Floriston Rockcliffe

Solway Junction Railway	Bowness Whitrigg Bromfield (Cumbria)

Port Carlisle Dock and Railway	Port Carlisle Glasson Drumburgh Burgh-by-Sands Kirkandrews Port Carlisle Junction Carlisle Canal

Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway	New Dykes Brow Kirkbride Sleightholme Abbey Junction Abbey Town Black Dyke Halt Causeway Head Silloth

Maryport and Carlisle Railway	Carlisle Crown Street Carlisle Bogfield Cummersdale Curthwaite Micklethwaite Brookfield (Cumbria) Leegate Low Row Brayton High Blaithwaite Mealsgate Baggrow Arkleby Bullgill Dearham Bridge Dearham Linefoot Papcastle

Newcastle and Carlisle Railway	Carlisle Canal Street Carlisle London Road Scotby Heads Nook How Mill Brampton Fell Brampton Town Naworth Low Row

Lancaster and Carlisle Railway	Brisco Wreay Southwaite Calthwaite Plumpton (Cumbria) Clifton and Lowther Shap Tebay Low Gill Grayrigg Milnthorpe Burton and Holme

Ingleton Branch Line	Low Gill Sedbergh Middleton-on-Lune Barbon

Eden Valley Railway	Clifton Moor Cliburn Temple Sowerby Kirkby Thore Appleby East Warcop Musgrave

South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway	Gaisgill Ravenstonedale Smardale Barras

Settle-Carlisle Line	Scotby Cumwhinton Cotehill Little Salkeld Culgaith New Biggin Long Marton Ormside Crosby Garrett

Cleator and Workington Junction Railway	Great Broughton Seaton (Cumbria) Workington Central High Harrington Distington Oatlands Arlecdon Moresby Parks Moresby Junction Halt Cleator Moor West

Harrington and Lowca Light Railway	Harrington (Church Road) Halt Rosehill (Archer Street) Halt Copperas Hill Micklam Lowca

Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway	Marron Junction Bridgefoot Branthwaite Ullock Lamplugh Rowrah Winder Yeathouse Eskett Frizington Cleator Moor East Cleator Moor Moor Row Woodend Egremont Beckermet

Whitehaven Junction Railway Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway Furness Railway	Siddick Junction Workington North Newtown (Cumbria) Eskmeals Whitbeck Crossing Kirksanton Crossing Under Hill Dunnerholme Gate Furness Abbey Barrow (Strand) Barrow (Rabbit Hill) Barrow (Ramsden Dock) Rampside Piel Lindal Ulverston Road

Cockermouth and Workington Railway	Workington Bridge Camerton (LNWR) Broughton Cross Brigham Cockermouth (C&W)

Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway	Cockermouth Embleton Bassenthwaite Lake Braithwaite Keswick Threlkeld Troutbeck Penruddock Blencow

Coniston Railway	Coniston Torver Woodland Broughton-in-Furness

Other	North Lonsdale Crossing Conishead Priory Newby Bridge Platform Greenodd Boot Sandside

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