Camerton (LNWR) railway station
| Camerton | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Camerton |
| Area | Allerdale |
| Coordinates | 54°39′37″N 3°29′42″W / 54.66038°N 3.49493°WCoordinates: 54°39′37″N 3°29′42″W / 54.66038°N 3.49493°W |
| Grid reference | NY036305 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Cockermouth & Workington Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 28 April 1847 | Opened |
| 3 March 1952 | Closed to passengers |
| 18 April 1966 | Closed completely[1] |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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| UK Railways portal | |
A 1904 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (right) railways in the vicinity of the station
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Camerton railway station was situated next to the River Derwent on the Cockermouth and Workington Railway. It served the village of Camerton, Cumbria, England.[2][3]
History
The station opened on 28 April 1847. It closed to regular passenger traffic on 3 March 1952, closing completely when the line closed on 18 April 1966.
Afterlife
By 2015 the station site was surrounded by nature.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marron Junction Line and station closed |
London and North Western Railway Cockermouth & Workington Railway |
Workington Bridge Line and station closed | ||
| Cleator and Workington Junction Railway | Workington Central Line and station closed | |||
See also
References
- ↑ Butt 1995, p. 52.
- ↑ Smith & Turner 2012, Map 26.
- ↑ Jowett 2000, Map 36.
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.
- Smith, Paul; Turner, Keith (2012). Railway Atlas Then and Now. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978 0 7110 3695 6.
Further reading
- British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas And Gazetteer. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. 1997 [1958]. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3.
- Anderson, Paul (April 2002). Hawkins, Chris, ed. "Dog in the Manger? The Track of the Ironmasters". British Railways Illustrated (Clophill: Irwell Press Ltd) 11 (7).
- Bairstow, Martin (1995). Railways In The Lake District. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-871944-11-2.
- Bowtell, Harold D. (1989). Rails through Lakeland: An Illustrated Journey of the Workington-Cockermouth-Keswick-Penrith Railway 1847-1972. Wyre, Lancashire: Silverling Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-947971-26-2.
- Joy, David (1983). Lake Counties (Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 094653702X.
- McGowan Gradon, W. (2004) [1952]. The Track of the Ironmasters: A History of the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway. Grange-over-Sands: Cumbrian Railways Association. ISBN 0-9540232-2-6.
- Marshall, John (1981). Forgotten Railways: North West England. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0 7153 8003 6.
- Suggitt, Gordon (2008). Lost Railways of Cumbria (Railway Series). Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 978-1-84674-107-4.
- Webb, David R. (September 1964). Cooke, B.W.C., ed. "Between the Solway and Sellafield: Part One". The Railway Magazine (London: Tothill Press Limited) 110 (761).
- Webb, David R. (October 1964). Cooke, B.W.C., ed. "Between the Solway and Sellafield: Part Two". The Railway Magazine (London: Tothill Press Limited) 110 (762).
- Western, Robert (2001). The Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway OL113. Usk: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-564-0.
External links
- Map of the line with photos, via RAILSCOT
- The station on an OS map surveyed in 1864, via National Library of Scotland
- The station on overlain OS maps surveyed from 1898, via National Library of Scotland
- The station on a 1948 OS Map, via npe maps
- The railways of Cumbria, via Cumbrian Railways Association
- Photos of Cumbrian railways, via Cumbrian Railways Association
- The railways of Cumbria, via Railways_of_Cumbria
- Cumbrian Industrial History, via Cumbria Industrial History Society
- Local history of the CKPR route, via Cockermouth
- The line's and station's Engineer's Line References, via railwaycodes.org.uk
- A video tour-de-force of the region's closed lines, via cumbriafilmarchive
- West Cumberland Railtour 5 September 1954, via sixbellsjunction
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