Rockcliffe railway station

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Rockcliffe
General information
Location Rockcliffe, City of Carlisle
England
Coordinates 54°56′28″N2°59′05″W / 54.9410°N 2.9846°W / 54.9410; -2.9846 Coordinates: 54°56′28″N2°59′05″W / 54.9410°N 2.9846°W / 54.9410; -2.9846
Grid reference NY370611
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Caledonian Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
10 September 1847Station opened [1]
1 January 1917Station closed [1]
2 December 1919Station reopened [1]
17 July 1950Passenger service withdrawn but workmen's trains continued. Station renamed Rockcliffe Halt [1]
6 December 1965Station closed [1]
Location
Location map United Kingdom City of Carlisle.svg
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Rockcliffe
Location in the present-day City of Carlisle district, Cumbria
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Rockcliffe
Location in present-day Cumbria, England

Rockcliffe railway station, later Rockcliffe Halt was a station which served the rural area around Rockcliffe, Rockcliffe parish, north of Carlisle in the English county of Cumberland (now part of Cumbria). It was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line. The nearest station for Rockcliffe is now at Carlisle. It lay some distance from the village.

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History

Opened by the Caledonian Railway, [1] it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923 and BR in 1948. It closed briefly during WW1 and was renamed as Rockcliffe Halt in 1950 when regular passenger service ceased after which it was only used by railway workers at the nearby marshalling yards until 1965. [2]

The station had a stationmaster's house, with combined ticket office and a waiting room. The line is still double track here.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Carlisle
Line and station open
  Caledonian Railway
Main Line
  Floriston
Line open; Station closed

The site today

Trains pass at speed on the electrified West Coast Main Line. The station platforms have been demolished, the pedestrian overbridge has been removed, however the stationmaster's house remains as a private dwelling.

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Butt (1995), page 198
  2. Cumbrian Railways Association Retrieved : 2012-11-09

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