Place Floristonrigg Grid reference NY3560064072 10 September 1847 Station opened Platforms in use 2 | Area City of Carlisle Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway Original company Caledonian Railway | |
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Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway Similar Bromfield (Cumbria) railway st, Black Dyke Halt railway st, Curthwaite railway station, Cumberland and Westmorl, Abbey Town railway st | ||
Floriston railway station was a station which served the rural area around Floristonrigg, Rockcliffe Parish, south of Gretna in the English county of Cumbria. It was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line. The nearest station for Floriston is now at Carlisle.
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History
Opened by the Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923 and was then closed by British Railways in 1950.
The station had a few sidings, a signal box on the other side of the level crossing from the platforms, pedestrian overbridge, stationmaster's house, ticket office and a waiting room. The line was double track here, however it is now a triple track section built on the site of one of the platforms, a siding, etc. Floriston was in the vicinity of the bridge over the River Esk.
The site today
Trains pass at speed on the electrified West Coast Main Line. The station platforms and all other buildings have been demolished, the pedestrian overbridge has also been removed, however the level crossing is still present.