Sleightholme railway station

Sleightholme
General information
Location	1 mile SW of Newton Arlosh, Cumberland England
Coordinates	54°52′16″N3°15′21″W / 54.8712°N 3.2557°W / 54.8712; -3.2557
Grid reference	NY195536
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company
Key dates
September 1856	First appeared in Bradshaw, Saturdays Only
June 1857	Last appeared in Bradshaw [1]

v t e Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
Overview Locale Cumbria Dates of operation 1854–1964 Predecessor Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway Successor NBR Technical Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Legend
Silloth Battery Extension Silloth Convalescent Home Silloth Docks and Pier Silloth Causewayhead Blackdyke Halt Abbey Town Solway Junction Railway southbound Sleightholme Abbey Junction Solway Junction Railway northbound Kirkbride New Dykes Brow Port Carlisle Glasson Drumburgh Burgh-by-Sands Kirkandrews Waverley Line northbound Port Carlisle Junction Carlisle Canal Carlisle West Coast Main Line southbound│northbound

Sleightholme was an early, short lived railway station near Newton Arlosh, Cumbria on the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company's branch from Carlisle to Silloth

The station served the small hamlet of Newton Arlosh and its rural surrounds, but was named after a farm which was nearer than the village.

Its timetable entries show trains calling on Saturdays Only. It only appeared in public timetables from September 1856 to June 1857.

By 1866 no trace of the station could be seen on OS maps. ^[2]

The line through the station site closed on 7 September 1964. ^[3]

History

The North British Railway (NBR) leased the line from the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company in 1862, and absorbed them in 1880, The NBR, in turn, was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923, passing to British Railways in 1948.

References

1. Quick 2009, p. 355.
2. Sleightholme bridge in 1866, via National Library of Scotland
3. Cumbria Railways Retrieved : 2012-08-21

Sources

• 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.

External links

• The station site on an Edwardian 6" OS map National Library of Scotland
• The line with period photographs Holme St Cuthbert History Group
• The station and line Cumbria Gazetteer
• The station and line Rail Map Online

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Abbey Town Line and station closed		North British Railway Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway		Abbey Junction Line and station closed