Sleightholme railway station

Sleightholme was an early, short lived railway station near Newton Arlosh, Cumbria on the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company's branch from Carlisle to Silloth

Sleightholme
Location
Place1 mile SW of Newton Arlosh
AreaAllerdale
Coordinates54.8712°N 3.2557°W / 54.8712; -3.2557
Grid referenceNY195536
Operations
Original companyCarlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company
Platforms1
History
September 1856First appeared in Bradshaw, Saturdays Only
June 1857Last appeared in Bradshaw[1]
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 served the small hamlet of Newton Arlosh and its rural surrounds, but was named after a farm which was nearer than the village.

Its timetable entries show trains calling on Saturdays Only. It only appeared in public timetables from September 1856 to June 1857.

By 1866 no trace of the station could be seen on OS maps.[2]

The line through the station site closed on 7 September 1964.[3]

History

The North British Railway (NBR) leased the line from the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company in 1862, and absorbed them in 1880, The NBR, in turn, was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923, passing to British Railways in 1948.

References
  1. Quick 2009, p. 355.
  2. Sleightholme bridge in 1866, via National Library of Scotland
  3. Cumbria Railways Retrieved : 2012-08-21

Sources
  • Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Kirkbride
Line and station closed		   North British Railway
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway		   Abbeyholme
Line and station closed
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