Kirkandrews
The former station in 2002
General information
LocationKirkandrews-on-Eden, Cumberland
England
Coordinates54°55′00″N 3°00′44″W / 54.9166°N 3.0121°W / 54.9166; -3.0121
Grid referenceNY352584
Platforms1[1][2]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyPort Carlisle Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1854Opened
7 September 1964Closed
Location
Kirkandrews is located in Cumbria
Kirkandrews
Kirkandrews
Location in present-day Cumbria, England
Kirkandrews is located in the former City of Carlisle district
Kirkandrews
Kirkandrews
Location in the former City of Carlisle district, Cumbria

Kirkandrews railway station was near Kirkandrews-on-Eden, Cumberland (now Cumbria), England. It was on the Port Carlisle Railway branch, and later part of the Silloth branch.[3] The station served the village and the rural district. Kirkandrews closed on 7 September 1964;[4] with the line to Silloth as part of the Beeching cuts.The station building survives as a private dwelling.

History

In 1819, a port was constructed at Port Carlisle and in 1821, the Carlisle Navigation Canal[5] was built to take goods to Carlisle.[5] The canal was closed in 1853, when the Port Carlisle Railway Company filled in part of it to construct a railway that began passenger service in 1854. However, the railway discontinued passenger service two years later, when the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company opened a new line to Silloth, using the Port Carlisle Branch as far as Drumburgh.[6]

The North British Railway leased the line from 1862, it was absorbed by them in 1880, and then taken over by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.[6]

Infrastructure

The station sat close to the village in the cut of the old canal; it had a single platform, and a shelter. The branch ran close to the course of Hadrian's Wall. A substantial station building was present. A large seed warehouse was located at the station. In common with other stations on the line, it had its name picked out in sea shells on a raised area opposite the station building.[7]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Hammond 2015, p. 417.
  2. ^ Biddle 1981, p. 66.
  3. ^ Solway Plain - Past and Present Archived 18 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved : 2012-08-21
  4. ^ Cumbria Railways Retrieved : 2012-08-21
  5. ^ a b Ramshaw 1997, p. 1.
  6. ^ a b Cumbria Railway Retrieved : 2012-08-21
  7. ^ White 1984.

Sources

  • Biddle, Gordon (1981). Railway Stations in the North West. Clapham, North Yorkshire: Dalesman Books. ISBN 978-0-85206-644-7.
  • Hammond, John M. (August 2015). Peascod, Michael (ed.). "The Beeching Plan and the Closure of the Carlisle-Silloth Branch". Cumbrian Railways. Pinner: Cumbrian Railways Association. 11 (11). ISSN 1466-6812.
  • Ramshaw, David (1997). The Carlisle Navigation Canal, 1821-53. Carlisle: P3 Publications. ISBN 978-0-9522098-5-0.
  • White, Stephen (1984). Solway Steam. The Story of the Silloth and Port Carlisle Railways 1854-1964. Carlisle: Carel Press. ISBN 978-0-9509096-1-5.

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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Carlisle
Station open, line closed 		  North British Railway
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway 		  Burgh-by-Sands
Line and station closed
Closed railway stations in Cumbria
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