Dearham railway station

Dearham
General information
Location	Dearham, Cumberland England
Coordinates	54°42′28″N3°25′50″W / 54.7077°N 3.4306°W / 54.7077; -3.4306
Grid reference	NY078356
Platforms	1 [1]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Maryport & Carlisle Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 June 1867	Opened
29 April 1935	Station and line closed [2]
Location
Dearham Location in present-day Allerdale, Cumbria Show map of the former Allerdale Borough Dearham Location in present-day Cumbria, England Show map of Cumbria

v t e Maryport and Carlisle Railway
Legend
West Coast Main Line to Glasgow and Edinburgh Carlisle Citadel West Coast Main Line to London Cummersdale Dalston Curthwaite Crofton private station Wigton Brookfield Aikbank Junction Leegate Solway Junction Rly Brayton High Blaithwaite Mealsgate Allhallows Colliery Baggrow Aspatria Arkleby (closed 1852) Bullgill Dearham Bridge Maryport Cumbrian Coast line Dearham Linefoot Linefoot Junction Cleator and Workington Junction Railway Dovenby Lodge Papcastle Cockermouth and Workington Railway Brigham Cockermouth and Workington Railway

Dearham railway station was on the single track Derwent Branch of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&CR) in the then county of Cumberland, now Cumbria, England.

The station was opened in 1867, situated on the south eastern edge of Dearham village. There was a passing loop and a siding at the station. ^[3]

Passenger services

All passenger trains along the branch line called at Dearham station.

The initial service in August 1867 consisted of two trains each way between Bullgill (written then as "Bull Gill") and Brigham calling at Dearham and Papcastle, Monday to Saturday. By November of that year this had been doubled, with all trains reversing at Brigham to run to and from Cockermouth.

By June 1876 this pattern continued, with two trains added each way on Sundays between Cockermouth and Bullgill.

From 1887 to 1914 five trains started from Maryport with a sixth from Bullgill, all with balancing services, Monday to Saturday. It is not clear whether passengers had to change at Bullgill or whether a reversal took place there as well as at Brigham. Two trains from Maryport and one Bullgill, with balancing services, ran on Sundays. Dearham Bridge and Papcastle were shown as "Signal Stops" where intending passengers had to inform railway staff who would stop the train accordingly.

Much was made locally of the fact that it was quicker to use the through coach from Carlisle to Cockermouth via the branch than to go via Penrith or Workington.

In 1914 Sunday trains were withdrawn. ^[4]

Sources differ when Papcastle closed. One says it lost even its Signal Stop status (by implication, closed) in 1914 ^[5] whilst another gives its closure date as 1921. ^[6]

The journey time from Cockermouth to Bullgill averaged 25 minutes.

In 1922 six trains called at the station in each direction, Monday to Saturday, with no Sunday service. ^[7]

Closure

The service through the station survived until 1935.

Unusually for those times the tracks were lifted not long after closure, with a tragic consequence, when a bridge was being demolished a girder fell on two men and killed them. ^[8]

Afterlife

By 2013 little trace of the station remained.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Bullgill Line and station closed		Maryport & Carlisle Railway Derwent Branch		Linefoot Line and station closed

See also

• Cumbria portal

• Maryport & Carlisle Railway
• Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway
• Cleator and Workington Junction Railway
• Cockermouth & Workington Railway
• Dearham Bridge railway station

References

1. Robinson 2002, p. 14.
2. Quick 2009, p. 146.
3. Jones 2020, pp. 288–301.
4. Colman 1982, pp. 10–12.
5. Colman 1982, p. 12.
6. Quick 2009, p. 304.
7. Bradshaw 1985, p. 511.
8. Suggitt 2008, p. 97.

Sources

• Bradshaw, George (1985) [July 1922]. Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland: A reprint of the July 1922 issue. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN   978-0-7153-8708-5. OCLC   12500436.
• Colman, C. V. (January 1982). Peascod, Michael (ed.). "Passenger Services on the Bolton and Derwent Branches". Cumbrian Railways. Pinner: Cumbrian Railways Association. 2 (9). ISSN   1466-6812.
• Jones, Allan (October 2020). Peascod, Michael (ed.). "The Derwent Branch of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway". Cumbrian Railways. Pinner: Cumbrian Railways Association. 13 (8). ISSN   1466-6812.
• 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.
• Robinson, Peter W. (2002). Cumbria's Lost Railways. Stenlake Publishing. ISBN   1 84033 205 0.
• Suggitt, Gordon (2008). Lost Railways of Cumbria (Railway Series). Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN   978-1-84674-107-4.

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.

External links

• The station on an Edwardian OS map, via National Library of Scotland
• The station, via Rail Map Online
• The station on the branch, with mileages, via Railway Codes