Kirkandrews railway station

Kirkandrews

The former station in 2002
Location
Place Kirkandrews-on-Eden
Area City of Carlisle
Coordinates 54°55′00″N 3°00′44″W / 54.9166°N 3.0121°W / 54.9166; -3.0121Coordinates: 54°55′00″N 3°00′44″W / 54.9166°N 3.0121°W / 54.9166; -3.0121
Grid reference NY352584
Operations
Original company Port Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms 1[1]
History
1854 Opened
1964 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Kirkandrews railway station was a railway station near Kirkandrews-on-Eden, Cumbria on the Port Carlisle Railway branch and later the Silloth branch.[2] The station served the village and the rural district. Kirkandrews closed on 7 September 1964;[3] the station building survives as a private dwelling. The line to Silloth closed on 7 September 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts.

History

In 1819 a port was constructed at Port Carlisle and in 1821, the Carlisle Navigation Canal.[4] was built to take goods to Carlisle.[4] The canal was closed in 1853[4] and much of it was infilled by the Port Carlisle Railway Company who constructed a railway that started passenger services in 1854, discontinuing them two years later when the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company's (C&SBRDC) new railway to Silloth opened, utilising the Port Carlisle Branch as far as Drumburgh.[5]

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.[5]

Infrastructure

The 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.[6]

References

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Notes
  1. ↑ Hammond 2015, p. 417.
  2. ↑ Solway Plain - Past and Present Retrieved : 2012-08-21
  3. ↑ Cumbria Railways Retrieved : 2012-08-21
  4. 1 2 3 Ramshaw, Page 1
  5. 1 2 Cumbria Railway Retrieved : 2012-08-21
  6. ↑ White
Sources
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Carlisle
Station open, line closed		   North British Railway
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway		   Burgh-by-Sands
Line and station closed
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