Closed 16 September 1963 Location Keekle | Design 7 stone arches Opened 1 October 1879 | |
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Width Twin Standard Gauge Rail Similar Moor Row railway station, Workington Central railway st, Bridgefoot railway station, Lowca railway station | ||
Keekle Viaduct is a former railway viaduct near Keekle, Cumbria, England.
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The viaduct is a substantial structure which carried the double-track C&WJR's Cleator Moor West to Siddick Junction via Workington Central main line over the River Keekle.
It is situated between the former stations of Cleator Moor West and Keekle Colliers' Platform.
Opened in 1879, it consists of seven equal stone arches across the river.
Timetabled passenger services over the viaduct ended on 13 April 1931. Goods and mineral trains, with very occasional passenger excursions and diversions continued to use the line until it closed completely on 16 September 1963.
The tracks were subsequently lifted. The structure was offered for sale for £1 in 1992, but there was no initial response, as any purchaser would have to maintain and repair it, rather than demolish it and recover the stone.
Modern Times
In 2013 satellite imagery showed that the viaduct still stood.