Frizington railway station

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Frizington
General information
LocationParkside, Frizington, Copeland
England
Coordinates 54°31′30″N3°29′44″W / 54.5250°N 3.4956°W / 54.5250; -3.4956 Coordinates: 54°31′30″N3°29′44″W / 54.5250°N 3.4956°W / 54.5250; -3.4956
Grid reference NY032154
Platforms2
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
1 July 1857Opened
13 April 1931Closed to passengers [1]
11 March 1940Reopened to workmen's trains [2]
8 April 1940Closed
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

Frizington railway station was built by the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway. It served the industrial Parkside area of 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 on 1 July 1857 as the latest railhead on the line being developed from Moor Row to Rowrah.

The station closed with the steep decline of the area's industrial fortunes in the Twentieth Century.

Services

Whilst some Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway (WCER) mineral, goods and passenger traffic to and from Rowrah passed north along the line to Marron Junction, the greater part arrived and left southwards towards Moor Row and therefore passed through Frizington. Mineral traffic was also generated locally from the quarries and mines such as the Holebeck, Parkside and Crossgill workings on branches within sight of the station.

In 1922 seven all stations passenger trains called at Frizington in each direction, with an extra on Whitehaven Market Day. Four were Rowrah to Whitehaven services, the other three plied a long, circuitous route between Workington Main and Whitehaven via Camerton, Marron Junction, Ullock, Rowrah and Moor Row. [5]

Frizington station's owning Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont company was taken over by the LNWR and Furness Railway in 1879 as a Joint Line, whereafter the passenger traffic through the station was usually worked by the LNWR. [6]

Goods traffic typically consisted of a two daily turns Up and Down.

Mineral traffic was the dominant flow, though this was subject to considerable fluctuation with trade cycles. Stations and signalling along the line south of Rowrah were changed during the Joint regime to conform to Furness Railway standards. [7]

Rundown and closure

The station closed on 13 April 1931 when normal passenger traffic ended along the line, though workmen's trains were reinstated in March 1940, only to be withdrawn a month later. An enthusiasts' special ran through on 5 September 1954. After scant occasional use the line northwards from Rowrah was abandoned in 1960 and subsequently lifted. [8]

The line southwards from Rowrah through Frizington lead a charmed life, continuing with a limestone flow from a quarry at Rowrah until 1978, after which all traffic ceased and the tracks were lifted. [9]

Afterlife

By 2008 Frizington station house was a private residence. The trackbed had been transformed into part of National Cycle Route 71. [10]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Terminus
1857-1864
  Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway   Cleator Moor East
Line and station closed
Eskett
1864-1872
  
Yeathouse
1872-1931
  

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