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Former railway station in Cumbria, England

Calthwaite railway station
General information
LocationCalthwaite, Eden
England
Coordinates54°45′24″N 2°49′07″W / 54.7566°N 2.8187°W / 54.7566; -2.8187
Grid referenceNY474404
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLancaster and Carlisle Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
26 July 1847Opened
7 April 1952Closed to passengers
1956Closed to goods

Calthwaite railway station in Hesket parish, was situated on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (the West Coast Main Line) between Carlisle and Penrith. It served the village of Calthwaite, Cumbria, England. The station opened in 1847, and closed on 7 April 1952.

Lancaster and
Carlisle Railway
Legend
Caledonian Main Line
Carlisle Citadel
Maryport & Carlisle Rly
Tyne Valley Line and
Settle–Carlisle line
Brisco
Wreay
Southwaite
Calthwaite
Plumpton
Penrith
Cockermouth, Keswick
and Penrith Railway
Clifton Moor
Eden Valley Railway
Clifton and Lowther
Shap
Shap Summit
914 ft
278.6 m
South Durham &
Lancashire Union Railway
Tebay
Low Gill (2nd)
Ingleton branch line
Low Gill (1st)
Grayrigg (1st)
Grayrigg (2nd)
Kendal &
Windermere Railway
Oxenholme
Hincaster branch line
Milnthorpe
Burton and Holme
Furness & Midland Jnt Rly
Ulverstone &
Lancaster Railway
Carnforth
Bolton-le-Sands
Hest Bank
Morecambe branch line
"Little" North Western Rly
Glasson Dock branch line
Lancaster Castle
Lancaster (Greaves)
Lancaster & Preston
Junction Railway

The station

The station had two platforms, a signal box and a station master's house. The relatively sizeable goods yard had a weighing house, coal yard and cattle pens. Only the station master's house remains, as a private dwelling, the platforms have been demolished and the line has been electrified.

Stations on the line

The next station on the line towards Carlisle was Southwaite and the preceding station was Plumpton.

References

Notes
  1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 116
  2. Historic England. "Calthwaite Station (499813)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  3. Butt 1995, p. 51
  4. Old Maps Archived 21 April 2013 at archive.today Retrieved : 2012-09-15
Sources

External links

Closed railway stations in Cumbria
Waverley Route
Caledonian main line
Solway Junction Railway
Port Carlisle Dock and Railway
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
Maryport and Carlisle Railway
Newcastle & Carlisle Railway
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Ingleton branch line
Eden Valley Railway
South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway
Settle–Carlisle line
Cleator and Workington Junction Railway
Harrington and Lowca Light Railway
Gilgarran Branch
Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway
Whitehaven Junction Railway
Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway
Furness Railway
Cockermouth and Workington Railway
Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway
Coniston Railway
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