Smardale railway station

Smardale railway station was a minor station on the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway between Tebay and Kirkby Stephen East. It served the villages of Smardale and Waitby. The station opened to passenger traffic on 8 August 1861, and closed on 1 December 1952.

Description and history

At the time of its opening in 1861 the only habitation in the village of Smardale was Smardale Hall. The station consisted of a single platform on the south side of the line, and stone built station buildings as well as two goods sidings.[1]

A signal box was added in the 1890s. During the First World War from 20 September 1915 the station closed being used as a halt but unstaffed. It reopened in 1919. The signal box was removed in the 1920s, and the station closed in 1952.[1][2]

In 2002 the preservation society Stainmore Railway Company (at Kirkby Stephen East) recovered two wagons which had derailed near the station and been left undisturbed for half a century.[3] As of 2013 the Stationmasters house is now since part of a private residence.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Smardale www.disused-stations.org.uk
  2. ↑ Stainmore Railway Company - Photographs : Smardale Halt www.cumbria-railways.co.uk
  3. ↑ Rail crash remains recovered after 49 years 20 March 2004 , Cumberland and Westmorland Herald , www.cwherald.com

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Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Ravenstonedale   South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway   Kirkby Stephen East

Coordinates: 54°28′07″N 2°24′06″W / 54.4687°N 2.4018°W