Plumpton (Cumbria) railway station
| Plumpton railway station | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Plumpton |
| Area | Eden |
| Coordinates | 54°43′33″N 2°47′52″W / 54.7258°N 2.7978°WCoordinates: 54°43′33″N 2°47′52″W / 54.7258°N 2.7978°W |
| Grid reference | NY487370 |
| 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 |
| 31 May 1948 | Closed to passengers |
| 1948[1] | Closed to goods |
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Plumpton railway station in Hesket parish in what is now Cumbria but was then Cumberland in the north west of England, was situated on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (the West Coast Main Line) between Carlisle and Penrith. It served the village of Plumpton and the surrounding hamlets. The station opened on 17 December 1846, and closed on 31 May 1948.[2]
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The station
The station was situated in the part of the village called Brockleymoor and had two platforms, a signal box, a station master's house and railway workers cottages. The relatively sizeable goods yard had a weighing machine, rane, coal yard and cattle pens.[3] The station house and goods yard buildings remain as a pottery outlet, the platforms have been demolished and the line has been electrified and becomes triple tracked at this point for a short distance running towards Carlisle.
Stations on the line
The next station on the line towards Carlisle was Calthwaite and the preceding station was Penrith.
References
- Notes
- Sources
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. R508.