Calthwaite railway station

Calthwaite railway station
General information
Location	Calthwaite, Westmorland and Furness England
Coordinates	54°45′24″N2°49′07″W / 54.7566°N 2.8187°W / 54.7566; -2.8187
Grid reference	NY474404
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
26 July 1847 [1]	Opened
7 April 1952	Closed to passengers
1956	Closed to goods [2]

Calthwaite railway station in Hesket parish, was situated on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (the West Coast Main Line) between Carlisle and Penrith. It served the village of Calthwaite, Cumbria, England. The station opened in 1847, and closed on 7 April 1952. ^[3]

v t e Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Legend
Caledonian Main Line Carlisle Citadel Maryport & Carlisle Rly Tyne Valley Line and Settle–Carlisle line Brisco Wreay Southwaite Calthwaite Plumpton Penrith Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway Clifton Moor Eden Valley Railway Clifton and Lowther Shap Shap Summit 914 ft 278.6 m South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway Tebay Low Gill (2nd) Ingleton branch line Low Gill (1st) Grayrigg (1st) Grayrigg (2nd) Kendal & Windermere Railway Oxenholme Hincaster branch line Milnthorpe Burton and Holme Furness & Midland Jnt Rly Ulverstone & Lancaster Railway Carnforth Bolton-le-Sands Hest Bank Morecambe branch line "Little" North Western Rly Glasson Dock branch line Lancaster Castle Lancaster (Greaves) Lancaster & Preston Junction Railway

The station

The station had two platforms, a signal box and a station master's house. The relatively sizeable goods yard had a weighing house, coal yard and cattle pens. ^[4] Only the station master's house remains, as a private dwelling, the platforms have been demolished and the line has been electrified.

Stations on the line

The next station on the line towards Carlisle was Southwaite and the preceding station was Plumpton.

References

Notes

1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 116
2. Historic England. "Calthwaite Station (499813)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 15 September 2012.
3. Butt 1995 , p. 51
4. Old Maps Archived 21 April 2013 at archive.today Retrieved : 2012-09-15

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.

External links

• Old Cumbria Gazetteer