Appleby East railway station

Appleby East
Appleby East railway station in 1997.
General information
Location	Appleby-in-Westmorland, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria England
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Eden Valley Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
9 June 1862	Station opened as Appleby
1 September 1952	Station renamed Appleby East
22 January 1962	Station closed
Location Appleby East Location in present-day Eden, Cumbria Show map of the former Eden District Appleby East Location in present-day Cumbria, England Show map of Cumbria

Appleby East is a closed railway station that was a stop on the Eden Valley Railway in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumberland (now in Cumbria), England; it was located between Kirkby Stephen East and Penrith. The station was formerly one of two that served the town, the other being Appleby West on the Midland Railway's Settle to Carlisle line; the latter station is still open, albeit now simply called Appleby.

History

Appleby stations in 1903 (right of diagram)

Opened by the Eden Valley Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Transport Commission in 1962. ^[1]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Kirkby Thore		North Eastern Railway Eden Valley Railway		Warcop

The site today

Remains of the station in 1991

The station is fairly intact and is used currently by a scrap merchant. ^[2]

In 1995, the Eden Valley Railway Society was formed with the aim of restoring the line and reintroducing a train service. The society, now renamed the Eden Valley Railway Trust , operates a heritage service from Warcop station and is upgrading the track towards Appleby East for public service.

References

1. Jenkins, Stanley C.; Loader, Martin (2016). The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Volume Three Leeds to Carlisle. Amberley Publishing. ISBN   978-1445643861.
2. "Appleby East Station".

Sources

• Walton, Peter (1992). The Stainmore & Eden Valley Railways. Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN   0-86093-306-7.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.
• British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas And Gazetteer. Ian Allan Publishing. 1997 [1958]. ISBN   0-7110-0320-3.

External links

• Station on navigable O.S. map. Northerly of the two stations.
• Cumbria's Lost Railways - Appleby East Station
• Appleby and the Eden Valley Railway

54°34′52″N2°29′02″W / 54.581°N 2.484°W / 54.581; -2.484