Kirkandrews railway station was near Kirkandrews-on-Eden, Cumberland (now Cumbria), England. It was on the Port Carlisle Railway branch, and later part of the Silloth branch.[3] The station served the village and the rural district. Kirkandrews closed on 7 September 1964;[4] with the line to Silloth as part of the Beeching cuts.The station building survives as a private dwelling.
Kirkandrews | |||||
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 The former station in 2002 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Kirkandrews-on-Eden, Cumberland England | ||||
| Coordinates | 54°55′00″N 3°00′44″W / 54.9166°N 3.0121°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NY352584 | ||||
| Platforms | 1[1][2] | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Port Carlisle Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1854 | Opened | ||||
| 7 September 1964 | Closed | ||||
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Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway | ||||||||||||||
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History
editIn 1819, a port was constructed at Port Carlisle and in 1821, the Carlisle Navigation Canal[5] was built to take goods to Carlisle.[5] The canal was closed in 1853, when the Port Carlisle Railway Company filled in part of it to construct a railway that began passenger service in 1854. However, the railway discontinued passenger service two years later, when the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company opened a new line to Silloth, using the Port Carlisle Branch as far as Drumburgh.[6]
The North British Railway leased the line from 1862, it was absorbed by them in 1880, and then taken over by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.[6]
Infrastructure
editThe station sat close to the village in the cut of the old canal; it had a single platform, and a shelter. The branch ran close to the course of Hadrian's Wall. A substantial station building was present. A large seed warehouse was located at the station. In common with other stations on the line, it had its name picked out in sea shells on a raised area opposite the station building.[7]
References
editNotes
edit- ^ Hammond 2015, p. 417.
- ^ Biddle 1981, p. 66.
- ^ Solway Plain - Past and Present Archived 18 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved : 2012-08-21
- ^ Cumbria Railways Retrieved : 2012-08-21
- ^ a b Ramshaw 1997, p. 1.
- ^ a b Cumbria Railway Retrieved : 2012-08-21
- ^ White 1984.
Sources
edit- Biddle, Gordon (1981). Railway Stations in the North West. Clapham, North Yorkshire: Dalesman Books. ISBN 978-0-85206-644-7.
- Hammond, John M. (August 2015). Peascod, Michael (ed.). "The Beeching Plan and the Closure of the Carlisle-Silloth Branch". Cumbrian Railways. 11 (11). Pinner: Cumbrian Railways Association. ISSN 1466-6812.
- Ramshaw, David (1997). The Carlisle Navigation Canal, 1821-53. Carlisle: P3 Publications. ISBN 978-0-9522098-5-0.
- White, Stephen (1984). Solway Steam. The Story of the Silloth and Port Carlisle Railways 1854-1964. Carlisle: Carel Press. ISBN 978-0-9509096-1-5.
External links
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- Kirkandrews station Cumbria Gazetteer
- Kirkandrews station Deborah Irwin
- Kirkandrews station Cumbria Railways
- The station on an Edwardian 6" OS map National Library of Scotland
- The station and line Rail Maps Online
- The station and line, with mileages Railway Codes
- Cumbria Gazetteer
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Carlisle Station open, line closed |
North British Railway Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway |
Burgh-by-Sands Line and station closed |