Camerton railway station (Cumberland)
Camerton railway station was situated next to the River Derwent on the Cockermouth and Workington Railway. It served the village of Camerton, Cumberland (now Cumbria), England.[3][4]
Camerton | |
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Location | |
Place | Camerton |
Area | Allerdale |
Coordinates | 54.66038°N 3.49493°W |
Grid reference | NY036305 |
Operations | |
Original company | Cockermouth and Workington Railway |
Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Platforms | 2[1] |
History | |
28 April 1847 | Opened |
3 March 1952 | Closed to passengers |
18 April 1966 | Closed completely[2] |
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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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.
In later years the by then DMU-operated 09:52 westbound from Carlisle (10:20 from Penrith) made a regular unadvertised Fridays Only call at the station, though there was no balancing call.[5]
Industry
Camerton Colliery and Camerton Fireclay mine and associated brickworks were served by sidings which curved northwards off the through lines a short distance east of the station. Coal workings appear to have petered out in the 1930s, but the brickworks was a successful concern, with firebricks being a key requirement of Workington's furnaces. From 1939 the Admiralty established RNAD Broughton Moor on the CWJR's line north east of Camerton. A lesser-known ancillary of this was using the fireclay workings at Camerton as an ammunition store. This appears to have petered out in the 1950s, though Broughton Moor arms depot lasted until 1992.[6]
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 | ||
Cleator and Workington Junction Railway | Workington Central Line and station closed |
References
- Marsh & Garbutt 1999, p. 141.
- Butt 1995, p. 52.
- Smith & Turner 2012, Map 26.
- Jowett 1989, Map 36.
- Bowtell 1989, p. 25.
- Bowtell 1989, pp. 26-27.
Sources
- Bowtell, Harold D. (1989). Rails through Lakeland: An Illustrated Journey of the Workington-Cockermouth-Keswick-Penrith Railway 1847-1972. Wyre, Lancashire: Silverling Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-947971-26-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Marsh, John; Garbutt, John (1999). Cumbrian Railways. Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0750920432.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Smith, Paul; Turner, Keith (2012). Railway Atlas Then and Now. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978 0 7110 3695 6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Further reading
- British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas And Gazetteer. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. 1997 [1958]. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Anderson, Paul (April 2002). Hawkins, Chris (ed.). "Dog in the Manger? The Track of the Ironmasters". British Railways Illustrated. Clophill: Irwell Press Ltd. 11 (7).CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Bairstow, Martin (1995). Railways In The Lake District. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-871944-11-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Joy, David (1983). Lake Counties (Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 094653702X.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- McGowan Gradon, W. (2004) [1952]. The Track of the Ironmasters: A History of the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway. Grange-over-Sands: Cumbrian Railways Association. ISBN 0-9540232-2-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Marshall, John (1981). Forgotten Railways: North West England. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0 7153 8003 6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Suggitt, Gordon (2008). Lost Railways of Cumbria (Railway Series). Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 978-1-84674-107-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Webb, David R. (September 1964). Cooke, B.W.C. (ed.). "Between the Solway and Sellafield: Part One". The Railway Magazine. London: Tothill Press Limited. 110 (761).
- Webb, David R. (October 1964). Cooke, B.W.C. (ed.). "Between the Solway and Sellafield: Part Two". The Railway Magazine. London: Tothill Press Limited. 110 (762).CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Western, Robert (2001). The Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway OL113. Usk: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-564-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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 station, via Rail Map Online
- 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