Murthwaite Halt railway station

Murthwaite Halt
Station on heritage railway
General information
Location	Eskdale Green, Cumberland England
Coordinates	54°22′52″N3°21′43″W / 54.381°N 3.362°W / 54.381; -3.362
Owned by	R&ER
Operated by	R&ER
Managed by	R&ER
Platforms	1
Key dates
1876	Opened (Standard gauge)
1913	Station closed
1916	Reopened (15 in gauge

Murthwaite Halt railway station is a small intermediate railway station on the 15" gauge Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway in Cumbria, England. ^[1] It is named after the (now ruined) farm that stood in the field opposite the railway.

The station is located 2.75 miles (4.43 km) from Ravenglass and 4.25 miles (6.84 km) from Dalegarth.

Accessibility

Due to Murthwaite Halt only being on a public footpath, which is not, in any way, suitable for wheelchair users, wheelchair users are not permitted to alight at this halt.^{[ citation needed ]}

Quarrying and stone crushing

Surviving concrete base of the old crusher

The railway serviced the Murthwaite stone crushing plant, built in the 1920s to crush granite from the quarries further up the railway's valley. ^{[2] [3]} This was in operation from the 1920s until 1953, and between 1929 and 1953 there was a standard gauge branch from Ravenglass to the crushing plant, the rails being gauntletted either side of the 15" gauge ones.^{[ citation needed ]}

The 1929 Kerr Stuart locomotive, purchased to work the standard gauge line to the crusher

v t e Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
Legend
Cumbrian Coast line to Barrow-in-Furness Headshunt 0 mi 0 ch 0 km Turntable Workshop Ravenglass 0 mi 3 ch 0.06 km Ravenglass Cumbrian Coast line to Carlisle Ravenglass Main Street Engine & carriage sheds (1 in 48) Black Bridge 1 mi 0 ch 1.61 km A595 Muncaster Mill 1 mi 6 ch 1.73 km Mill Race Mill Wood Bank (1 in 43) Miteside Halt 1 mi 49 ch 2.6 km Miteside Loop 1 mi 67 ch 2.96 km 2 mi 0 ch 3.22 km Katie Caddy Bridge Wet Cutting Murthwaite Siding 2 mi 43 ch 4.08 km Murthwaite Oak Tree (1 in 43) Murthwaite Quarry Murthwaite Halt 2 mi 55 ch 4.33 km 3 mi 0 ch 4.83 km (1 in 40) Walk Mill Summit (1 in 51) Black Bridge (derelict) 4 mi 0 ch 6.44 km Irton Road 4 mi 8 ch 6.6 km Mere Beck The Green 4 mi 59 ch 7.62 km Eskdale Valley Road Hollin How Bank (1 in 43) 5 mi 0 ch 8.05 km Hollin How Bridge Hollin How Summit Fisherground Incline (1 in 55) Fisherground Loop 5 mi 28 ch 8.61 km Fisherground 5 mi 35 ch 8.75 km Ban Garth Incline Spout House Curve (1 in 52) Spout House Bridge Gilbert's Cutting 6 mi 0 ch 9.66 km Beckfoot Quarry (1 in 67) Beckfoot 6 mi 30 ch 10.26 km Beckfoot Bank (1 in 53) Ghyll Force Junction Boot Beckfoot Summit Dalegarth Cottages Whillan Beck Dalegarth 6 mi 68 ch 11.02 km Turntable Ghyll Force mines

References

1. "The Railway". The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
2. Davies, W. J. K. (1981) [1968]. The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway. David & Charles. ISBN   0-7153-9224-7.
3. Archive Talk 2 - Murthwaite. Ravenglass Railway Museum.

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Miteside Halt		Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway		Irton Road