Dovenby Lodge railway station

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Dovenby Lodge
General information
Location Dovenby, Cumberland
England
Coordinates 54°40′45″N3°24′30″W / 54.6793°N 3.4083°W / 54.6793; -3.4083
Grid reference NY092324
Platforms1 [1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Maryport & Carlisle Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 June 1867 [2] Opened
29 April 1935Line and station closed [3] [4]

Dovenby Lodge 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.

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The station was opened in 1867. It was a private station solely for the use of the Ballentine-Dykes family of Dovenby Lodge, one of whom was Chairman of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway in the 1840s. [5]

The station is variously referred to as "Dovenby", "Dovenby Park" and "Dovenby Lodge"; an image of a ticket bearing the name Dovenby Lodge is included in the standard work on non-public stations. [6] Letters exchanged in 1868 between the family and the railway concern a parcel of land and a lodge at the station. [7]

The station was available for use until the line closed in 1935, though it never appeared in public timetables. 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

In 2020 the station was in use as a dwelling. [5] [9]

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Suggitt 2008, p. 95.
  2. ↑ Butt 1995, p. 81.
  3. ↑ Quick 2009, p. 152.
  4. ↑ Robinson 2002, p. 14.
  5. 1 2 Suggitt 2008, p. 96.
  6. ↑ Croughton, Kidner & Young 1982, p. 33.
  7. ↑ Location of correspondence, via Cumbria Archives DBD/12/19
  8. ↑ Suggitt 2008, p. 97.
  9. ↑ Jones 2020, pp. 288–301.

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.
  • Croughton, Godfrey; Kidner, R. W.; Young, Alan (1982). Private and Untimetabled Railway Stations, Halts and Stopping Places. The Oakwood Press. ISBN   978-0-85361-281-0. OCLC   10507501.
  • 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.
  • 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. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN   978-1-84033-205-6.
  • Suggitt, Gordon (2008). Lost Railways of Cumbria (Railway Series). Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books. ISBN   978-1-84674-107-4.

Further reading

  • Colman, C. V. (January 1982). Peascod, Michael (ed.). "Passenger Services on the Bolton and Derwent Branches". Cumbrian Railways. 2 (9). 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.
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