Arlecdon railway station

Arlecdon

Site of the station in 1994
Location
Place Arlecdon
Area Copeland
Operations
Original company Cleator and Workington Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Cleator and Workington Junction Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms ?
History
5 October 1912 Station opens
1 January 1917 Station partially closed
1 January 1927 Station totally closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Arlecdon railway station was a station which served the village of Arlecdon in the former English county of Cumberland, now part of Cumbria. It was served by trains on the line between Workington and Cleator Moor.

History

Opened by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, only to close in 1927.

The site today

Earthworks still remain at this meeting point of two formerly busy industrial railways.

References

    Preceding station Disused railways Following station
    Distington   London Midland and Scottish Railway
    Cleator and Workington Junction Railway    		   Kelton Fell

    Coordinates: 54°33′12″N 3°28′15″W / 54.55333°N 3.47073°W