Place Broughton-in-Furness Grid reference SD2187 Original company Coniston Railway | Area South Lakeland Pre-grouping Furness Railway Platforms in use 1 | |
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway 1848 Station opened as a terminus Similar Cummersdale railway station, Bromfield (Cumbria) railway st, Curthwaite railway station, Baggrow railway station, Embleton railway station | ||
Broughton-in-Furness Railway Station is a closed railway station that served the market town of Broughton-in-Furness, in Cumbria, England. It was on the branch line to Coniston.
History
In 1848 the Furness Railway extended its line from Barrow to Kirkby-in-Furness to nearby Broughton-in-Furness with the intention of serving local copper mines. Two years later, on 10 August 1857, Parliament authorised an extension of the line from Broughton northwards to Coniston which opened in June 1859.
British Railways closed the station and the branch to passengers in 1958 and to goods in 1962.
The station building remains.
References
Broughton-in-Furness railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA