Eskett railway station

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Eskett
General information
Location Eskett, Cumberland
England
Coordinates 54°32′00″N3°28′24″W / 54.5332°N 3.4732°W / 54.5332; -3.4732
Grid reference NY047163
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway
Pre-groupingLNWR & FR Joint Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
12 February 1864Opened
11 June 1872Closed to passengers, replaced by Yeathouse [1]
1931Closed [2]
1904 railway junctions around Cleator Moor, Parton, Rowrah & Whitehaven Cleator Moor, Parton, Rowrah & Whitehaven RJD 075.jpg
1904 railway junctions around Cleator Moor, Parton, Rowrah & Whitehaven

Eskett railway station was short-lived as a passenger station. it was built by the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway to serve the hamlet of Eskett, near Frizington, Cumbria, England. [3] [4]

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History

The line was one of the fruits of the rapid industrialisation of West Cumberland in the second half of the nineteenth century.

The station opened to passengers with the line from Moor Row to Rowrah on 12 February 1864.

The section of line through the station suffered subsidence problems so severe that the company built a deviation line to an alignment curving sharply and steeply to the west, including a new passenger station - Yeathouse. When the deviation and new station opened on 11 June 1872 the old alignment was severed north of Eskett station, which was converted to a goods depot. It remained as such until final closure in 1931.

The deviation made the line even more difficult to work for the rest of its existence. [2]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Winder
Line and station closed
  Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway   Frizington
Line and station closed

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