Burgh-by-Sands railway station
| Burgh-by-Sands | |
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| Burgh-by-Sands station | |
| Location | |
| Place | Burgh-by-Sands |
| Area | City of Carlisle |
| Coordinates | 54°55′12″N 3°03′31″W / 54.9200°N 3.0585°WCoordinates: 54°55′12″N 3°03′31″W / 54.9200°N 3.0585°W |
| Grid reference | NY322588 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Port Carlisle Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 1854 | Opened |
| 1964 | Closed |
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Burgh-by-Sands railway station, originally named Burgh in 1854 a railway station near Burgh-by-Sands, Cumbria on the Port Carlisle Railway branch and later the Silloth branch, serving the small village of Drumburgh.[1] The station and rural district, closed on 7 September 1964;[2] the station building survives as a private dwelling.[3] 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] Opened as Burgh railway station, it was renamed Burgh-by-Sands in 1923.[3]
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 the village, reached by Station Road that branched off the mainstreet; it had a single platform, a shelter and a signal box. The branch ran close to the course of Hadrians Wall. A substantial station building was present, together with a station master's house.
Micro-history
In the 1930s a Walter Tait was the station master.[6]
References
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- Notes
- ↑ Solway Plain - Past and Present Retrieved : 2012-08-21
- ↑ Cumbria Railways Retrieved : 2012-08-21
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Old Cumbria Gazetteer Retrieved : 2012-08-23
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ramshaw, Page 1
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cumbria Railway Retrieved : 2012-08-21
- ↑ Railbrit Retrieved : 2012-08-23
- Sources
- Ramshaw, David (1997). The Carlisle Navigation Railway. Carlisle : P3 Publications. ISBN 0-9522098-5-3.
External links
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Kirkandrews | Port Carlisle Railway Company | Drumburgh | ||
| Kirkandrews | Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company | Drumburgh | ||
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