Ravenglass (R&ER) railway station

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Ravenglass Railway Station (R&ER)
Location
Place Ravenglass
Area Copeland, Cumbria
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Operations
Managed by R&ER
Owned by R&ER
Operated by R&ER
Platforms 3 (platform 2 dissused)
History
1876 Opened (Standard gauge)
1913 Station closed
1916 Reopened (15 in gauge)
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Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
Cumbrian Coast Line
to Barrow-in-Furness
National Rail Ravenglass(NR)
0 mi Ravenglass
Cumbrian Coast Line
to Carlisle
_ mi
Ravenglass Main Street
Raven Villa
1 in 48 (down)
Barrow Marsh
Black Bridge
1 mi
UK road A595.PNG
_ mi Muncaster Mill
Muncaster Mill Farm Crossing
Mill Race
Mill Wood Bank 1 in 43 (up)
_ mi Miteside Halt
Miteside Loop
2 mi
Katie Caddy Bridge
Footpath Crossing
Wet Cutting
Murthwaite Siding
Murthwaite Oak Tree 1 in 43 (up)
Murthwaite Quarry
_ mi Murthwaite Halt
Coronation Street
3 mi
Horsefalls Wood
Rock Point
1 in 40 (up)
Walk Mill Summit
1 in 51 (down)
Big Stone
Black Bridge (derelict)
Tom's Crossing
4 mi
_ mi Irton Road
Mere Beck
Long Yocking Crossing
Long Yocking Corner
The Chicken Run
Eskdale Green Level Crossing
_ mi The Green
Eskdale Valley Road
Hollin How Bank 1 in 43 (up)
5 mi
Hollin How Bridge
Hollin How Summit
Fisherground Incline
Fisherground Farm Crossing
1 in 55 (up)
Fisherground Loop
_ mi Fisherground Halt
Ban Garth Incline
Spout House Curve 1 in 52 (up)
Spout House Bridge
Gilbert's Cutting
6 mi
Beckfoot Smithy
Beckfoot Quarry
Big Stone
1 in 67 (up)
_ mi Beckfoot
Beckfoot Level Crossing
Beckfoot Bank 1 in 53 (up)
Ghyll Force Junction
Boot
Beckfoot Summit
Dalegarth Cottages
Whillan Beck
_ mi Dalegarth for Boot
Ghyll Force mines

Ravenglass Heritage Railway Station is the Western teminus of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway. It is situated to the East of Ravenglass main line railway station, which is itself a station on the Cumbrian Line. The facilities at the railway station include toilets, under-cover platforms, booking office and café. The railway station complex incorporates 2 locomotive sheds, a carriage shed, a signal box, managerial offices and 2 camping coaches; along with the railway station itself.

History

Ravenglass heritage railway station was once a freight depot, when the line from Ravenglass to Miteside was 3-ft gauge.

Preservation

It was reopened as part of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway in 1960. Before this, it was a goods yard in which wagons were weighed and emptied into the standard gauge line, which is now the Cumbrian Coast Line.

Present Day

Today, Ravenglass station is a very busy station, with all of the passengers departing and alighting at this station. Consequently, there is always a minimum of one booking office clerk at Ravenglass station, when trains are in operation. The shop and booking office are adjacent to the car park. Memorabilia of the railway can be purchased also at the booking office complex.

There is a café and toilets on platform 1, adjacent to each other. Both platforms are under-cover and are decorated with various hanging plants, which are watered when the time permits of the volunteers. If you arrive early before the first train of the day, volunteers can be seen cleaning the rolling stock and checking the Daily Report Form sheets associated with each carriage set. Each train set is equipped with a variety of safety-critical appliances and material, including brakes on nearly all carriages and in the guards' compartment a first-aid kit, sanding equipment, fire-beaters and a rander board. The driver must have a separate rander board in order to proceed out of the station, on to the main line. Rander boards will only be given to the driver by the Controller, once the single-line section from Ravenglass to Miteside loop is considered to be occupied by that particular train, so as to meet the legal requirements of fixed absolute block railway signalling systems.

The signal box has an antenna protruding out of the signal box, which transmits and receives signals to and from locomotives on the line, via a booster and descrambler at Irton Road station.

Accessibility

Wheelchair users who wish to board the train here must pre-book a wheelchair space prior to the day of travel.

Preceding station Heritage Railways  Heritage railways Following station
Terminus   Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway   Muncaster Mill