Calthwaite railway station

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Calthwaite railway station
Location
Place Calthwaite
Area Eden
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Grid reference NY474404
Operations
Original company Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms 2
History
c. 1855 Opened
7 April 1952 Closed to passengers
1956 Closed to goods[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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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 c. 1855, and closed on 7 April 1952.[2]

Lancaster & Carlisle Railway
Caledonian Main Line
Carlisle Citadel
Maryport & Carlisle Rly
Tyne Valley Line &
Settle-Carlisle Line
Brisco
Wreay
Southwaite
Calthwaite
Plumpton
Penrith
Cockermouth, Keswick
& Penrith Railway
Clifton Moor
Eden Valley Railway
Clifton and Lowther
Shap
Shap Summit
914 ft 
279 m 
South Durham &
Lancashire Union Railway
Tebay
Low Gill
Ingleton Branch Line
Grayrigg
Kendal &
Windermere Railway
Oxenholme
Hincaster Branch
Milnthorpe
Burton and Holme
Furness & Midland Jnt Rly
Ulverstone &
Lancaster Railway
Carnforth
Bolton-le-Sands
Hest Bank
Morecambe Branch Line
"Little" North
Western Railway
Glasson Dock Branch
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.[3] 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. Pastscape Retrieved : 2012-09-15
  2. Butt 1995, p. 51
  3. Old Maps Retrieved : 2012-09-15
Sources
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