Curthwaite railway station

Curthwaite railway station
The old station building and watertower
General information
Location	Thursby, Cumberland England
Coordinates	54°50′01″N3°03′03″W / 54.833525°N 3.050802°W / 54.833525; -3.050802
Grid reference	NY3260149250
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Maryport & Carlisle Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
10 May 1843	Opened
12 June 1950	Station closed to all traffic

The old water tower.

Curthwaite was a railway station on the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&CR) serving West Curthwaite and Thursby in Cumbria. The station was opened by the M&CR in 1843 and lay in the Parish of Westward. ^[1]

History

Curthwaite station was opened by the Maryport & Carlisle Railway in 1843. ^[2] At grouping in 1923 the M&CR became a part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. It was closed by the British Transport Commission in 1950 (as an economy measure), two years after the railway system was nationalised.

The main Carlisle-Maryport line (completed in 1845) remains open and forms part of the Cumbrian Coast Line between Carlisle and Barrow in Furness.

The station had two through platforms, with a station building that survives as a private house and also a water tower that survives and is now a listed building. ^[3] The platforms have been demolished.

References

Notes

1. "Old Cumbria Gazetteer". Portsmouth University. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
2. Quick 2009, p. 142.
3. Historic England. "Curthwaite water tower (Grade II) (1326860)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 29 August 2012.

Sources

• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN   978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC   612226077.

Further reading

• 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.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Dalston Line and station open		Maryport & Carlisle Railway Maryport and Carlisle Railway		Wigton Line and station open