Allhallows Colliery railway station

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Allhallows Colliery
LocationWest of Mealsgate, Allerdale
England
Coordinates 54°46′13″N3°14′33″W / 54.7702°N 3.2424°W / 54.7702; -3.2424 Coordinates: 54°46′13″N3°14′33″W / 54.7702°N 3.2424°W / 54.7702; -3.2424
Grid reference NY201424
Platforms1 (probably)
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-grouping Maryport and Carlisle Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
by May 1922 [1] Station opened for untimetabled colliers' trains
Probably 1928 [2] maybe earlier [3] Station closed

Allhallows Colliery railway station was in the former county of Cumberland, now Cumbria, England. It was a stop on the Bolton Loop (sometimes referred to as the "Mealsgate Loop") of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway. [4] [5]

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The station - almost certainly an unstaffed halt - was provided for miners at the colliery of the same name. No timetabled service ever called, nor is it certain what form the platform took, many such up and down the country were primitive in the extreme; in some cases users had to climb down from covered wagons or ancient coaches onto the trackside.

History

The line was opened by the Maryport and Carlisle Railway primarily to access collieries in the Bolton Coalfield and to head off rival attempts to access this potential traffic by the North British Railway-backed Silloth Company. [6] [7] The line and station became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSR) at the Grouping of 1923.

Public stations on the line past the colliery outlived the pit, which closed in 1928.

In 1922 and "probably until 1928" [2] an unadvertised workmen's service was provided to Allhallows Colliery, between Baggrow and Mealsgate. Whether this was an additional stop for existing trains or additional trains has yet to be confirmed, as have the service's start and end dates. The stopping place at the colliery never achieved advertised public passenger service status. [1]

Apart from the colliers' service, by July 1922 the public passenger service past the colliery (under the heading "Aspatria and Wigton") had evolved to a simple six trains a day - the "Baggra Bus" - plying between Aspatria and Mealsgate, all calling at Baggrow, with no variations by day. Wigton appears in the table, but no trains served it by this route. [8]

Passenger trains along the remaining part of the loop were withdrawn in 1930, with no residual parcels service. Baggrow was closed completely, but Mealsgate remained open for goods; this petered out in 1952, [9] after which the tracks were lifted east of Baggrow. A section west of Baggrow survived for several more years as a long siding.

Afterlife

By 2013 all colliery buildings had long been demolished, but the footprint of the colliery site was plain to see on satellite images. Remarkably, the original Allhallows Colliery signalbox has been restored. [10]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Baggrow
Line and station closed		  Maryport and Carlisle Railway
Bolton Loop		  Mealsgate
Line and station closed

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References

  1. 1 2 Croughton, Kidner & Young 1982, p. 38.
  2. 1 2 Robinson 2002, p. 29.
  3. ↑ Quick 2009, p. 57.
  4. ↑ Jowett 1989, Map 36.
  5. ↑ The Bolton Loop, via Cumbrian Railways Association
  6. ↑ Suggitt 2008, pp. 91-2.
  7. ↑ Thomlinson 1943, p. 174.
  8. ↑ Bradshaw 1985, p. 511.
  9. ↑ Robinson 1995, p. 184.
  10. ↑ Allhallows signalbox, via Cumbrian Railways Association

Sources

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