Cockermouth railway station
Cockermouth | |
|---|---|
 Site of Cockermouth station in 1986 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Cockermouth, Allerdale England |
| Coordinates | 54°39′36″N 3°21′54″W / 54.660°N 3.365°W |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 2 January 1865 | Opened (Replacing older station) |
| 18 April 1966 | Closed[1] |
Cockermouth railway station was the western terminus of the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway; it served the town of Cockermouth, Cumbria, England.
History
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The station opened to passenger traffic on 2 January 1865 and closed on 18 April 1966. The station was the second to be built in the town. The original Cockermouth & Workington Railway station closed to passengers when the CK&PR station opened on an altered alignment, though it remained in use as a goods station until 1964.[2]
The latter station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.[2]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminus | Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway | Embleton | ||
| Terminus | Brigham |
The site today
[edit]All traces of the station are now gone, as the site is now occupied by the Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Base and the Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service.[2]
Running down the left hand side of the Fire Service building is the old trackbed, now a public walkway; many original bridges and features survive to this day.
References
[edit]- ^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- ^ a b c "Station name: Cockermouth". Disusedstations.org.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
Further reading
[edit]- Allan, Ian, ed. (27 March 1997) [1958]. British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas And Gazetteer (Reprint) (Fifth ed.). Railway Publications. ISBN 978-0-7110-0320-0. OCLC 497398918. OL 7790796M. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- Bairstow, Martin (1995). Railways In The Lake District. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 978-1-871944-11-2. OCLC 35665959. OL 8652084M. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
External links
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