Grid reference NY474404 Platforms in use 2 | Area Eden c. 1855 Opened | |
Similar Glasson railway station, Kirkandrews railway station, Branthwaite railway station, Cummersdale railway station, Bowness railway station | ||
Calthwaite railway station in Hesket parish, was situated on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (the West Coast Main Line) between Carlisle and Penrith. It served the village of Calthwaite, Cumbria, England. The station opened c. 1855, and closed on 7 April 1952.
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The station
The station had two platforms, a signal box and a station master's house. The relatively sizeable goods yard had a weighing house, coal yard and cattle pens. Only the station master's house remains, as a private dwelling, the platforms have been demolished and the line has been electrified.
Stations on the line
The next station on the line towards Carlisle was Southwaite and the preceding station was Plumpton.
References
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