in 1885 Long Meg Drift mine was opened by the Long Meg Plaster Company Limited, and the drift mine was connected to the Midland Railway in 1886.
The Carlisle Plaster and Cement Company Limited closed the mine in 1914–5, but in 1922 the mine was reopened for the extraction of anhydrite by the Long Meg Plaster and Mineral Company Limited. The mine was purchased in 1939 by the British Plaster Board Limited, renamed British Gypsum, who closed the mine in January 1976. [5]
The Settle–Carlisle line is a 73-mile-long (117 km) main railway line in northern England. The route, which crosses the remote, scenic regions of the Yorkshire Dales and the North Pennines, runs between Settle Junction, on the Leeds–Morecambe line, and Carlisle, near the English-Scottish borders. The historic line was constructed in the 1870s and has several notable tunnels and viaducts such as the imposing Ribblehead.
Corkickle is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. The station, situated 40+1⁄2 miles (65 km) south-west of Carlisle, serves the suburb of Corkickle in Whitehaven, Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
Armathwaite railway station is located on the Settle & Carlisle line in England. Situated 9 miles 75 chains (16 km) south-east of Carlisle, it serves the village of Armathwaite. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
Lazonby & Kirkoswald is a railway station on the Settle & Carlisle line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. The station, which is situated 15 miles 32 chains (25 km) south-east of Carlisle, serves the villages of Kirkoswald and Lazonby, Eden in Cumbria, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
Appleby is a railway station on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. The station, situated 30+1⁄2 miles (49 km) south-east of Carlisle, serves the market town of Appleby-in-Westmorland, Eden in Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
Garsdale is a railway station on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. The station, situated 51+1⁄4 miles (82 km) south-east of Carlisle, serves the village of Garsdale and town of Sedbergh, South Lakeland in Cumbria, and the market town of Hawes, Richmondshire in North Yorkshire. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
Ribblehead is a railway station on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. The station, situated 52+1⁄4 miles (84 km) north-west of Leeds, serves the area of Ribblehead, Craven in North Yorkshire. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
Clapham is a railway station on the Bentham Line, which runs between Leeds and Morecambe via Skipton. The station, situated 48 miles (77 km) north-west of Leeds, serves the village of Clapham in North Yorkshire. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
Langwathby is a railway station on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. The station, situated 19+1⁄2 miles (31 km) south-east of Carlisle, serves the village of Langwathby, Eden in Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
Cliburn railway station was a station situated on the Eden Valley Railway in Westmorland, England. It served the village of Cliburn to the south. The station opened to passenger traffic on 9 June 1862, and closed on 17 September 1956.
Little Salkeld is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hunsonby, in the Eden district of Cumbria, England, a few miles to the north east of Penrith. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 91.
Lacy's Caves are a series of 5 chambers in the red sandstone cliff of River Eden, just north of Little Salkeld, Cumbria, England, near Nunnery, at grid reference NY564383.
Long Meg Mine is a disused gypsum mine just north of Little Salkeld, Cumbria in the area known as Cave Wood Valley. It was operated between 1880 and 1976.
Cotehill railway station was a railway station on the Settle-Carlisle Railway in England between Armathwaite and Cumwhinton. The line opened for passengers in 1876. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders.
Cumwhinton railway station was a railway station serving the village of Cumwhinton in Cumbria, England. The station was located on the Settle and Carlisle Line and was closed in 1956. The station is still intact, including platforms, and the station buildings are now grade II listed structures.
Settle Junction railway station was located near the town of Settle, North Yorkshire, England, immediately to south of the junction between the Midland Railway's North Western and Settle-Carlisle branches, 39+3⁄4 miles (64.0 km) northwest of Leeds.
The Little Salkeld rail accident occurred between Little Salkeld and Lazonby railway stations in Long Meg cutting on the Settle-Carlisle Line on 19 January 1918.
Brayton was a railway station which served as the interchange for the Solway Junction Railway (SJR) with the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&CR); it also served nearby Brayton Hall and district in Cumbria. The station was opened by the M&CR and became a junction station in 1870 on the 25 mile long SJR line.
Culgaith railway station served the village of Culgaith in Cumberland, England.
Mennock Lye Goods Depot or Mennock Siding was a railway freight facility located off the A76 in the hamlet of Mennock that lies circa two miles south-east of Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Situated 68 miles (109 km) from Glasgow it served the industrial and agricultural requirements for transportation in the vicinity of Mennock and the surrounding rural area, originally on behalf of the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway. The goods depot was located on a section of line with a falling southbound gradient of 1 in 160. No passenger railway station has been recorded for Mennock.
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.
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Langwathby | Midland Railway Settle-Carlisle Railway | Lazonby and Kirkoswald |