Brisco railway station

Brisco railway station
Location
Place Brisco
Area City of Carlisle
Coordinates 54°51′10″N 2°53′14″W / 54.8528°N 2.8872°W / 54.8528; -2.8872Coordinates: 54°51′10″N 2°53′14″W / 54.8528°N 2.8872°W / 54.8528; -2.8872
Grid reference NY431512
Operations
Original company Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Platforms 2
History
17 December 1846 Opened
December 1852 Closed to passengers
1952[1] Closed to goods
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Brisco railway station (NY4313251259) in St Cuthbert Without parish, was situated on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (the West Coast Main Line) between Carlisle and Penrith. It served the rural district of Brisco and Newbiggin Hall, Cumbria, England. The station opened on 17 December 1846, and closed in December 1852.[2]

Lancaster & Carlisle Railway

Legend
Caledonian Main Line
Carlisle Citadel
Maryport & Carlisle Rly
Tyne Valley Line &
Settle-Carlisle Line

Brisco
Wreay
Southwaite
Calthwaite
Plumpton
Penrith

Cockermouth, Keswick
& Penrith Railway

Clifton Moor

Eden Valley Railway
Clifton and Lowther
Shap
Shap Summit
914 ft 
279 m 

South Durham &
Lancashire Union Railway

Tebay

Low Gill
Ingleton Branch Line
Grayrigg
Kendal &
Windermere Railway
Oxenholme
Hincaster Branch
Milnthorpe
Burton and Holme
Furness & Midland Jnt Rly

Ulverstone &
Lancaster Railway
Carnforth
Bolton-le-Sands
Hest Bank
Morecambe Branch Line
"Little" North
Western Railway

Glasson Dock Branch
Lancaster Castle

Lancaster (Greaves)
Lancaster & Preston
Junction Railway

The station

The station had two platforms and a station master's house.[3] The station house remains, the platforms have been demolished. It proved to be unviable and the decision was made to close it in favour of Wreay railway station that was located nearby.[4]

Stations on the line

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

References

Notes
  1. Pastscape Retrieved : 2012-09-15
  2. Butt 1995, p. 44
  3. Old Maps Retrieved : 2012-09-15
  4. Visitoruk Retrieved : 2012-09-18
Sources
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. R508. 

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