Clifton and Lowther railway station
Coordinates: 54°37′06″N 2°42′47″W / 54.618276°N 2.713119°W
| Clifton & Lowther | |
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Advanced Passenger Train southbound approaching the site of the station in 1986 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Clifton |
| Area | Eden |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Lancaster and Carlisle Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 17 December 1846 | Opened as Clifton |
| 1 February 1887 | renamed Clifton & Lowther |
| 4 July 1938 | Closed[1] |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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- For the station on the Eden Valley Railway line see Clifton Moor railway station
Clifton railway station, later known as Clifton and Lowther railway station was a station on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway south of Penrith near to the village of Clifton.
It opened in 1846, and briefly acted as the terminus of the Eden Valley railway from its opening in 1862 until 1863, when a new northwards chord was built, along with Clifton Moor railway station.[2]
In 1887 the station was renamed Clifton and Lowther,[2] it closed for passenger services in 1938, and to freight in 1951.[3]
References
- ↑ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
- 1 2 The Eden Valley and Stainmore Railway - Clifton & Lowther Station , Reprint of an article from The Railway Magazine : "A Forgotten Junction in Westmorland" , M.D. Greville, G.O. Holt , via www.cumbria-railways.co.uk
- ↑ Clifton and Lowther www.disused-stations.rog.uk
Further reading
- Mannex, P.J. (1849) History, topography, and directory, of Westmorland: and Lonsdale north of the sands, in Lancashire together with a descriptive and geological view of the whole of the Lake district, "Railways" pp. 51–54, discovery of Roman altar during construction of Clifton station p.54 via books.google.co.uk
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Shap | London and North Western Railway Lancaster and Carlisle Railway |
Penrith | ||
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| Terminus | Eden Valley Railway | Cliburn | ||
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