Causewayhead or, originally, Causey Head, was an early, short lived railway station near Causewayhead, Cumbria on the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company's branch from Carlisle to Silloth
Causewayhead | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Causewayhead, Allerdale England |
| Coordinates | 54°51′46″N 3°21′57″W / 54.8629°N 3.3657°W |
| Grid reference | NY124528 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company |
| Key dates | |
| November 1856 | In Bradshaw as "Causey Head" |
| 1857 | Amended in Bradshaw to "Causewayhead" |
| April 1859 | Last appeared in Bradshaw[1] |
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The station served the small hamlet of Causewayhead and its rural surrounds.
Its timetable entries show trains calling on Saturdays Only. It only appeared in public timetables from November 1856 to April 1859. The 18 September 1856 entry in a contemporary journal states that "[locomotives]...generally call at Causeway Head to quench the thirst of the Steam Horse. They pump the water out of the beck."[2]
By 1866 no trace of a station could be seen on OS maps,[3] though a building – almost certainly the crossing keeper's cottage - is clear. It is possible that this was a "use it or lose it" stopping place where no platforms were built.
The level crossing required the services of a crossing keeper until the line closed in 1964.[4][5]
History
editThe North British Railway (NBR) leased the line from the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company in 1862, and absorbed them in 1880, The NBR, in turn, was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923, passing to British Railways in 1948.
References
edit- ^ Quick 2009, p. 118.
- ^ "Causewayhead stopping point". Tiny World.
- ^ "Causewayhead crossing in 1866". National Library of Scotland.
- ^ "Causewayhead crossing after World War II". Holme St Cuthbert History Group. Archived from the original on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Some line details". Cumbria Railways.
Sources
edit- Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
External links
edit- "The line with period photographs". Holme St Cuthbert History Group. Archived from the original on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- "Bits about the line". Portsmouth University.
- "The station and line". Rail Map Online.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Blackdyke Halt Line and station closed |
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway | Silloth Line and station closed | ||
| Silloth Convalescent Home Line and station closed | ||||
| Silloth Battery Extension Line and station closed |