Place Dovenby Grid reference NY092324 Platforms in use 1 | Area Allerdale 1867 Opened | |
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway 29 April 1935 Line and station closed Original company Maryport and Carlisle Railway Similar Bromfield (Cumbria) railway st, Curthwaite railway station, Cumberland and Westmorl, Black Dyke Halt railway st | ||
Dovenby Lodge railway station was on the single track Derwent Branch of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&CR) in the then county of Cumberland, now Cumbria, England.
The station was opened in 1867. It was a private station solely for the use of the Ballentine-Dykes family of Dovenby Lodge, one of whom was Chairman of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway in the 1840s.
The station is variously referred to as "Dovenby", "Dovenby Park" and "Dovenby Lodge"; an image of a ticket bearing the name Dovenby Lodge is included in the standard work on non-public stations. Letters exchanged in 1868 between the family and the railway concern a parcel of land and a lodge at the station.
The station was available for use until the line closed in 1935, though it never appeared in public timetables. Unusually for those times the tracks were lifted not long after closure, with a tragic consequence; when a bridge was being demolished a girder fell on two men and killed them.
Afterlife
By 2008 the station was in use as a dwelling.