Brisco railway station

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Brisco railway station
Location
Place Brisco
Area City of Carlisle
Coordinates 54°51′10″N 2°53′14″W / 54.8528°N 2.8872°W / 54.8528; -2.8872Coordinates: 54°51′10″N 2°53′14″W / 54.8528°N 2.8872°W / 54.8528; -2.8872
Grid reference NY431512
Operations
Original company Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Platforms 2
History
17 December 1846 Opened
December 1852 Closed to passengers
1952[1] Closed to goods
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Brisco railway station (NY4313251259) in St Cuthbert Without parish, was situated on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (the West Coast Main Line) between Carlisle and Penrith. It served the rural district of Brisco and Newbiggin Hall, Cumbria, England. The station opened on 17 December 1846, and closed in December 1852.[2]

Lancaster & Carlisle Railway
Legend
Carlisle Citadel
Tyne Valley Line & Settle-Carlisle Line
Brisco
Wreay
Southwaite
Calthwaite
Plumpton (Cumbria)
Penrith
Clifton Moor
Clifton and Lowther
Shap
Shap Summit 914 ft (279 m)
Tebay
Low Gill
Grayrigg
Oxenholme
Hincaster Branch
Milnthorpe
Burton and Holme
Carnforth
Bolton-le-Sands
Hest Bank
Glasson Dock Branch
Lancaster Castle
Lancaster (Greaves)

The station

The station had two platforms and a station master's house.[3] The station house remains, the platforms have been demolished. It proved to be unviable and the decision was made to close it in favour of Wreay railway station that was located nearby.[4]

Stations on the line

The next station on the line towards Carlisle was Carlisle and the preceding station was Wreay.

References

Notes
  1. Pastscape Retrieved : 2012-09-15
  2. Butt 1995, p. 44
  3. Old Maps Retrieved : 2012-09-15
  4. Visitoruk Retrieved : 2012-09-18
Sources
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. R508. 

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