Brigham railway station

Brigham
The station in 1961
General information
Location	Brigham, Cumberland England
Coordinates	54°39′57″N3°25′14″W / 54.66574°N 3.42058°W / 54.66574; -3.42058
Grid reference	NY085310
Platforms	3 [1] [2]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Cockermouth & Workington Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
28 April 1847	Opened
18 April 1966	Closed [3]
Location

v t e Cockermouth and Workington Railway
Legend
Cumbrian Coast Line Workington Cleator and Workington Junction Railway Workington Central Workington Bridge River Derwent (two crossings) Camerton River Derwent (three crossings) Marron Junction Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway River Marron Broughton Cross Brigham Maryport and Carlisle Railway Cockermouth later Cockermouth goods station Cockermouth (CK&P) Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway

Brigham railway station was situated on the Cockermouth and Workington Railway at its junction with the Maryport and Carlisle Railway's Derwent Branch. It served the village of Brigham, Cumbria, England. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

History

A 1904 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (right) railways in the vicinity of the station

The station opened on 28 April 1847 and closed on 18 April 1966. The last train was the 20:19 DMU from Keswick to Workington Main on Saturday 16 April. ^[7]

Afterlife

In 2013 remains of the station and the junction to Papcastle station were still visible by the A66 road before the Great Broughton junction; most of the trackbed now forms part of the A66.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Cockermouth (C&W) 1847-65		Cockermouth & Workington Railway		Broughton Cross Line and station closed
Cockermouth 1865-1966		London and North Western Railway Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway		Broughton Cross Line and station closed
Cockermouth Reversed at Brigham		Maryport and Carlisle Railway Derwent Branch		Papcastle Line and station closed

See also

• Cumbria portal

• Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway

References

1. Marsh & Garbutt 1999, p. 141.
2. Robinson 2002, p. 36.
3. Butt 1995, p. 44.
4. Smith & Turner 2012, Map 26.
5. Jowett 1989, Map 36.
6. Jones 2020, pp. 288–301.
7. Suggitt 2008, p. 81.

Sources

• 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.
• Jones, Allan (October 2020). Peascod, Michael (ed.). "The Derwent Branch of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway". Cumbrian Railways. 13 (8). Pinner: Cumbrian Railways Association. ISSN   1466-6812.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC   22311137.
• Marsh, John; Garbutt, John (1999). Cumbrian Railways. Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd. ISBN   0750920432.
• Robinson, Peter W. (2002). Cumbria's Lost Railways. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN   978-1-84033-205-6.
• Smith, Paul; Turner, Keith (2012). Railway Atlas Then and Now. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN   978 0 7110 3695 6.
• Suggitt, Gordon (2008). Lost Railways of Cumbria (Railway Series). Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN   978-1-84674-107-4.

Further reading

• British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas And Gazetteer. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. 1997 [1958]. ISBN   0-7110-0320-3.
• Anderson, Paul (April 2002). Hawkins, Chris (ed.). "Dog in the Manger? The Track of the Ironmasters". British Railways Illustrated. 11 (7). Clophill: Irwell Press Ltd.
• Bairstow, Martin (1995). Railways In The Lake District. Martin Bairstow. ISBN   1-871944-11-2.
• Bowtell, Harold D. (1989). Rails through Lakeland: An Illustrated Journey of the Workington-Cockermouth-Keswick-Penrith Railway 1847-1972. Wyre, Lancashire: Silverling Publishing Ltd. ISBN   0-947971-26-2.
• Joy, David (1983). Lake Counties (Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN   094653702X.
• McGowan Gradon, W. (2004) [1952]. The Track of the Ironmasters: A History of the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway. Grange-over-Sands: Cumbrian Railways Association. ISBN   0-9540232-2-6.
• Marshall, John (1981). Forgotten Railways: North West England. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN   0 7153 8003 6.
• Western, Robert (2001). The Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway OL113. Usk: Oakwood Press. ISBN   0-85361-564-0.

External links

• Map of the line with photos, via RAILSCOT
• The station on an OS map surveyed in 1864, via National Library of Scotland
• The station on overlain OS maps surveyed from 1898, via National Library of Scotland
• The station on a 1948 OS Map, via npe maps
• The station, via Rail Map Online
• The railways of Cumbria, via Cumbrian Railways Association
• Photos of Cumbrian railways, via Cumbrian Railways Association
• The railways of Cumbria, via Railways_of_Cumbria
• Cumbrian Industrial History, via Cumbria Industrial History Society
• Local history of the CKPR route, via Cockermouth
• The line's and station's Engineer's Line References, via railwaycodes.org.uk
• A video tour-de-force of the region's closed lines, via cumbriafilmarchive