Plumpton railway station (Cumbria)

Plumpton railway station in Hesket parish in what is now Cumbria but was then Cumberland in the north west of England, was situated on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (the West Coast Main Line) between Carlisle and Penrith. It served the village of Plumpton and the surrounding hamlets. The station opened on 17 December 1846, and closed on 31 May 1948.[2]

Lancaster and
Carlisle Railway
Caledonian Main Line
 Carlisle Citadel
Maryport & Carlisle Rly
Tyne Valley Line and
Settle–Carlisle line
 Brisco
 Wreay
 Southwaite
 Calthwaite
 Plumpton
 Penrith
Cockermouth, Keswick
and Penrith Railway
 Clifton Moor
Eden Valley Railway
 Clifton and Lowther
 Shap
Shap Summit
914 ft
278.6 m
South Durham &
Lancashire Union Railway
 Tebay
 Low Gill
(2nd)
Ingleton branch line
 Low Gill
(1st)
 Grayrigg
(1st)
 Grayrigg
(2nd)
Kendal &
Windermere Railway
 Oxenholme
Hincaster branch line
 Milnthorpe
 Burton and Holme
Furness & Midland Jnt Rly
Ulverstone &
Lancaster Railway
 Carnforth
Bolton-le-Sands
 Hest Bank
Morecambe branch line
"Little" North Western Rly
Glasson Dock branch line
 Lancaster Castle
 Lancaster (Greaves)
Lancaster & Preston
Junction Railway

Plumpton railway station
Location
PlacePlumpton
AreaEden
Coordinates54.7258°N 2.7978°W / 54.7258; -2.7978
Grid referenceNY487370
Operations
Original companyLancaster and Carlisle Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms2
History
17 December 1846Opened
31 May 1948Closed to passengers
1948[1]Closed to goods
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

The station

The station was situated in the part of the village called Brockleymoor and had two platforms, a signal box, a station master's house and railway workers' cottages. The relatively sizeable goods yard had a weighing machine, crane, coal yard and cattle pens.[3] The station house and goods yard buildings remain as a pottery outlet,[4] but the platforms have been demolished. The line through the station site has been electrified and becomes triple-tracked at that point for a short distance towards Carlisle.

Stations on the line

The next station on the line towards Carlisle was Calthwaite and the preceding station was Penrith.

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References
Notes
  1. Pastscape Retrieved : 2012-09-15
  2. Butt 1995, p. 186
  3. Old Maps Retrieved 2012-09-15
  4. "About Us". The Pot Place Garden Centre. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
Sources
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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