Abbey Town railway station

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Abbey Town
Abbey Town station site geograph-3222645-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Location of the former station (1991)
General information
Location Abbey Town, Allerdale
England
Coordinates 54°50′45″N3°17′16″W / 54.8459°N 3.2877°W / 54.8459; -3.2877
Grid reference NY174508
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened22 August 1856
Original company Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
22 August 1856Station opened as Abbey
August 1889Renamed Abbey Town
7 September 1964Station closed

Abbey Town railway station was on the branch line off the Solway Junction Railway in the English county of Cumberland (later Cumbria). The first station after Abbey Junction on the branch to Silloth on the Solway Firth, it served the village of Abbey Town. The station closed with the line to Silloth in 1964.

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History

Opened as Abbey by the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway in 1856, then renamed Abbey Town by the North British Railway in 1889, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station closed on 7 September 1964.

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Further material

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Sleightholme
Line and station closed
  North British Railway
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
  Black Dyke Halt
Line and station closed