Calthwaite railway station

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Calthwaite railway station
Location
Place	Calthwaite
Area	Eden
Coordinates	54°45′24″N 2°49′07″W / 54.7566°N 2.8187°W / 54.7566; -2.8187Coordinates: 54°45′24″N 2°49′07″W / 54.7566°N 2.8187°W / 54.7566; -2.8187
Grid reference	NY
Operations
Original company	Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
circa 1855	Opened
7 April 1952	Closed to passengers
1956^[1]	Closed to goods
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Calthwaite railway station (NY4740840493) in Hesket parish, was situated on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (the West Coast Main Line) between Carlisle and Penrith. It served the village of Calthwaite, Cumbria, England. The station opened circa 1855, and closed on 7 April 1952.^[2]

Lancaster & Carlisle Railway

Legend

Caledonian Main Line

Carlisle Citadel

Maryport and Carlisle Railway

Tyne Valley Line & Settle-Carlisle Line

Penrith

Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Rly

Clifton Moor

Eden Valley Railway

Clifton and Lowther

Shap

Shap Summit

914 ft (279 m)

South Durham & Lancashire Union Rly

Tebay

Low Gill

Ingleton Branch Line

Grayrigg

Kendal and Windermere Railway

Oxenholme

Hincaster Branch

Milnthorpe

Burton and Holme

Furness and Midland Joint Railway

Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway

Carnforth

Bolton-le-Sands

Hest Bank

Morecambe Branch Line

"Little" North Western Railway

Glasson Dock Branch

Lancaster Castle

Lancaster (Greaves)

Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway

The station

The station had two platforms, a signal box and a station master's house. The relatively sizeable goods yard had a weighing house, coal yard and cattle pens.^[3] Only the station master's house remains, as a private dwelling, the platforms have been demolished and the line has been electrified.

Stations on the line

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

References

Notes

↑ Pastscape Retrieved : 2012-09-15
↑ Butt 1995, p. 51
↑ Old Maps Retrieved : 2012-09-15

Sources

Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7.

External links

Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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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