Rockcliffe railway station

Rockcliffe
Location
Place	Rockcliffe
Area	City of Carlisle
Coordinates	54°56′28″N 2°59′05″W / 54.9410°N 2.9846°W / 54.9410; -2.9846Coordinates: 54°56′28″N 2°59′05″W / 54.9410°N 2.9846°W / 54.9410; -2.9846
Grid reference	NY370611
Operations
Original company	Caledonian Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
10 September 1847	Station opened[1]
1 January 1917	Station closed[1]
2 December 1918	Station reopened[1]
17 July 1950	Station renamed Rockcliffe Halt[1]
6 December 1965	Station closed[1]
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Rockcliffe railway station, later Rockcliffe Halt was a station which served the rural area around Rockcliffe, Rockcliffe Parish, north of Carlisle in the English county of Cumbria. It was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line. The nearest station for Rockcliffe is now at Carlisle. It lay some distance from the village.

History

Opened by the Caledonian Railway,^[1] it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923 and was then closed by the BRB in 1965. It closed briefly during WW1 and was renamed as Rockcliffe Halt in 1950 after which it was only used by railway workers at the nearby marshalling yards.^[2]

The station had a stationmaster's house, with combined ticket office and a waiting room. The line is still double track here.

The site today

Trains pass at speed on the electrified West Coast Main Line. The station platforms have been demolished, the pedestrian overbridge has been removed, however the stationmaster's house remains as a private dwelling.

[ v t e ] Caledonian Railway Main Line (Carstairs to Carlisle)

Legend Caledonian Railway Main Line to Greenhill Junction Carstairs Caledonian Railway Main Line to Edinburgh Strawfrank Junction Thankerton Symington Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway Lamington Abington Crawford Elvanfoot Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch Beattock Summit Auchencastle Moffat Beattock Wamphray Dinwoodie Nethercleugh Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway Lockerbie Ecclefechan Kirtlebridge Solway Junction Railway Kirkpatrick Quintinshill loops Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Gretna Junction Gretna | Gretna (BUR) Longtown Border Union Railway Floriston Rockcliffe Border Union Railway ('the Waverley Line') Willowholme Jn | Port Carlisle Branch Jn Caldew Junctions Carlisle Citadel Citadel South Junctions Maryport and Carlisle Railway London Road Junction Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Petteril Bridge Junction Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Settle and Carlisle Line

References

Notes

Sources

• 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. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• RAILSCOT on Caledonian Railway

External links

• Rail Brit
• Cumbrian Railways Association
• Rockcliffe Station
• Cumbria Gazetteer