Camerton (LNWR) railway station
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Camerton | |
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Location | |
Place | Camerton |
Area | Allerdale |
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Grid reference | NY036305 |
Operations | |
Original company | Cockermouth & Workington Railway |
Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
History | |
28 April 1847 | Opened |
3 March 1952 | Closed to passengers |
18 April 1966 | Closed completely[1] |
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Camerton railway station was situated next to the River Derwent on the Cockermouth and Workington Railway. It served the village of Camerton, Cumbria, England.[2][3]
Contents
History
The station opened on 28 April 1847. It closed to regular passenger traffic on 3 March 1952, closing completely when the line closed on 18 April 1966.
Afterlife
By 2015 the station site was surrounded by nature.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Marron Junction Line and station closed |
London and North Western Railway Cockermouth & Workington Railway |
Workington Bridge Line and station closed |
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Cleator and Workington Junction Railway | Workington Central Line and station closed |
See also
References
- ↑ Butt 1995, p. 52.
- ↑ Smith & Turner 2012, Map 26.
- ↑ Jowett 2000, Map 36.
Sources
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Further reading
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External links
- Map of the line with photos, via RAILSCOT
- The station on an OS map surveyed in 1864, via National Library of Scotland
- The station on overlain OS maps surveyed from 1898, via National Library of Scotland
- The station on a 1948 OS Map, via npe maps
- The railways of Cumbria, via Cumbrian Railways Association
- Photos of Cumbrian railways, via Cumbrian Railways Association
- The railways of Cumbria, via Railways_of_Cumbria
- Cumbrian Industrial History, via Cumbria Industrial History Society
- Local history of the CKPR route, via Cockermouth
- The line's and station's Engineer's Line References, via railwaycodes.org.uk
- A video tour-de-force of the region's closed lines, via cumbriafilmarchive
- West Cumberland Railtour 5 September 1954, via sixbellsjunction
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