Abbey Town | |
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![]() Location of the former station (1991) | |
General information | |
Location | Abbey Town, Allerdale England |
Coordinates | 54°50′45″N 3°17′16″W / 54.8459°N 3.2877°W |
Grid reference | NY174508 |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway |
Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
22 August 1856 | Station opened as Abbey |
August 1889 | Renamed Abbey Town |
7 September 1964 | Station closed |
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway | ||||||||||||||
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Abbey Town railway station was on the branch line off the Solway Junction Railway in the English county of Cumberland (later Cumbria). The first station after Abbey Junction on the branch to Silloth on the Solway Firth, it served the village of Abbey Town. The station closed with the line to Silloth in 1964.
Opened as Abbey by the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway in 1856, then renamed Abbey Town by the North British Railway in 1889, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station closed on 7 September 1964.