Kirkandrews railway station

Kirkandrews railway station was a railway station near Kirkandrews-on-Eden, Cumbria on the Port Carlisle Railway branch and later the Silloth branch.[2] The station served the village and the rural district. Kirkandrews closed on 7 September 1964;[3] the station building survives as a private dwelling. The line to Silloth closed on 7 September 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts.

Kirkandrews
The former station in 2002
Location
PlaceKirkandrews-on-Eden
AreaCarlisle
Coordinates54.9166°N 3.0121°W / 54.9166; -3.0121
Grid referenceNY352584
Operations
Original companyPort Carlisle Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Platforms1[1]
History
1854Opened
7 September 1964Closed
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

History

In 1819 a port was constructed at Port Carlisle and in 1821, the Carlisle Navigation Canal.[4] was built to take goods to Carlisle.[4] The canal was closed in 1853[4] and much of it was infilled by the Port Carlisle Railway Company who constructed a railway that started passenger services in 1854, discontinuing them two years later when the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company's (C&SBRDC) new railway to Silloth opened, utilising the Port Carlisle Branch as far as Drumburgh.[5]

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.[5]

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.[6]

References
Notes
  1. Hammond 2015, p. 417.
  2. Solway Plain - Past and Present Retrieved : 2012-08-21
  3. Cumbria Railways Retrieved : 2012-08-21
  4. Ramshaw 1997, p. 1.
  5. Cumbria Railway Retrieved : 2012-08-21
  6. White 1984.
Sources
  • 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Ramshaw, David (1997). The Carlisle Navigation Canal, 1821-53. Carlisle: P3 Publications. ISBN 978-0-9522098-5-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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
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