Camerton railway station (Cumberland)

Not to be confused with Camerton Colliery Halt railway station.

Camerton
The site of the station in 1986
General information
Location	Camerton, Allerdale England
Coordinates	54°39′37″N3°29′42″W / 54.66038°N 3.49493°W / 54.66038; -3.49493 Coordinates: 54°39′37″N3°29′42″W / 54.66038°N 3.49493°W / 54.66038; -3.49493
Grid reference	NY036305
Platforms	2 [1]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Cockermouth and Workington Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
28 April 1847	Opened
3 March 1952	Closed to passengers
18 April 1966	Closed completely [2]

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

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

Camerton railway station was situated next to the River Derwent on the Cockermouth and Workington Railway. It served the village of Camerton, Cumberland (now Cumbria), England. ^{[3] [4]}

History

The station opened on 28 April 1847. It closed to regular passenger traffic on 3 March 1952, closing completely when the line closed on 18 April 1966.

In later years the by then DMU-operated 09:52 westbound from Carlisle (10:20 from Penrith) made a regular unadvertised Fridays Only call at the station, though there was no balancing call. ^[5]

Industry

Camerton Colliery and Camerton Fireclay mine and associated brickworks were served by sidings which curved northwards off the through lines a short distance east of the station. Coal workings appear to have petered out in the 1930s, but the brickworks was a successful concern, with firebricks being a key requirement of Workington's furnaces. From 1939 the Admiralty established RNAD Broughton Moor on the CWJR's line north east of Camerton. A lesser-known ancillary of this was using the fireclay workings at Camerton as an ammunition store. This appears to have petered out in the 1950s, though Broughton Moor arms depot lasted until 1992. ^[6]

Afterlife

By 2015 the station site was surrounded by nature.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Marron Junction Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway Cockermouth & Workington Railway		Workington Bridge Line and station closed
		Cleator and Workington Junction Railway		Workington Central Line and station closed

See also

• Cumbria portal

• Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway

References

1. Marsh & Garbutt 1999, p. 141.
2. Butt 1995, p. 52.
3. Smith & Turner 2012, Map 26.
4. Jowett 1989, Map 36.
5. Bowtell 1989, p. 25.
6. Bowtell 1989, pp. 26–27.

Sources

• 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.
• 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 (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.
• Smith, Paul; Turner, Keith (2012). Railway Atlas Then and Now. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN   978 0 7110 3695 6.

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. Clophill: Irwell Press Ltd. 11 (7).
• Bairstow, Martin (1995). Railways In The Lake District. Martin Bairstow. ISBN   1-871944-11-2.
• 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.
• Suggitt, Gordon (2008). Lost Railways of Cumbria (Railway Series). Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN   978-1-84674-107-4.
• Webb, David R. (September 1964). Cooke, B.W.C. (ed.). "Between the Solway and Sellafield: Part One". The Railway Magazine . London: Tothill Press Limited. 110 (761).
• Webb, David R. (October 1964). Cooke, B.W.C. (ed.). "Between the Solway and Sellafield: Part Two". The Railway Magazine . London: Tothill Press Limited. 110 (762).
• 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
• West Cumberland Railtour 5 September 1954, via sixbellsjunction