Kirkby Thore railway station

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Kirkby Thore railway station was a railway station situated on the Eden Valley Railway between Penrith and Kirkby Stephen East. It served the village of Kirkby Thore. The station opened to passenger traffic on 9 June 1862, and closed on 7 December 1953. [1]

The station was host to camping coach from 1936 to 1939 and may have had a coach visiting in 1934 and 1935. [2]

The track has been dismantled and the A66 road now uses the route of the railway at this point. The former A66 route past the station is now a haulage yard.

Although the village is also close to the Settle-Carlisle Railway, and there is an active private siding and goods yard, there has never been a passenger station on that line at this point.

References

  1. ↑ Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 268. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  2. ↑ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 10. ISBN   1-870119-48-7.

Further reading

Preceding stationDisused railwaysFollowing station
Temple Sowerby   Eden Valley Railway   Appleby East

54°37′08″N2°33′35″W / 54.6189°N 2.5597°W / 54.6189; -2.5597


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