Island Road railway station

This article is about the station in England. For the former station in Ireland, see Island Road railway station (Ireland).

Island Road or Barrow Shipyard
General information
Location	Barrow-in-Furness, South Lakeland England
Coordinates	54°06′11″N3°13′36″W / 54.1030°N 3.2267°W / 54.1030; -3.2267 Coordinates: 54°06′11″N3°13′36″W / 54.1030°N 3.2267°W / 54.1030; -3.2267
Grid reference	SD 19886 68153
Platforms	2 [1]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Furness Railway
Pre-grouping	Furness Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 May 1899	Station opened
5 July 1967	Closed completely [2]

Site of the former station, the strip of grass running the length of Island Road marks the route of the original rail line

Island Road railway station (also known as Barrow Shipyard ^[3] and locally simply as Shipyard station ^[4] ) was a railway station at the centre of Barrow Island, Barrow-in-Furness, England which operated between 1899 and 1967. ^{[5] [6]} It was built by the Furness Railway near the junction of the Ramsden Branch Line and a line which ran through the industrial areas of the town. ^[7]

The station was never intended for general public use. In 1901 it carried more than 1700 workers daily on workmen's trains to the Vickers shipyard and the surrounding company housing. These trains ran from Millom, Grange-over-Sands and Coniston. Initially the station had just one platform, but a second was added in 1915. ^[8]

A limited publicly advertised service had started by 1915 and excursion trains for Rugby league matches and Sunday School outings called.

The station and associated workmen's trains survived until the closure of the unsafe Buccleuch Dock bridge on 31 December 1966 which cut access to the site. ^{[8] [9]} The station and line have both since been demolished, although two metal posts that formed the entrance to the south-bound platform have been preserved.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Barrow-in-Furness Central Line closed, station open		Furness Railway		Ramsden Dock Line and station closed

References

1. Gilbert & Knight 1975, Plate 92.
2. Butt 1995, p. 128.
3. Croughton, Kidner & Young 1982, p. 89.
4. Norman 1994, pp. 32–33.
5. Broughton 1996, p. 36.
6. "The Furness Railway". Cumbrian Railways. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
7. Station site, but station not shown National Library of Scotland
8. Norman 1994, p. 33.
9. Robinson 2002, p. 13.

Sources

• Broughton, John R. (1996). The Furness Railway: A Fascinating 150th Anniversary Excursion Along All the Company's Lines. British Railways Past & Present. Wadenhoe: Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85895-126-3.
• Butt, R. V. J. (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.
• 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.
• Gilbert, A.C.; Knight, N.R. (1975). Railways Around Lancashire, a Pictorial Survey. Castleton, Greater Manchester: Manchester Transport Museum Society. ISBN   978-0-900857-09-6.
• Norman, K.J. (1994). Railway Heritage, The Furness Railway. Wadenhoe: Silver Link. ISBN   978-1-85794-016-9.
• Robinson, Peter W. (2002). Cumbria's Lost Railways. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN   978-1-84033-205-6.