Southwaite railway station

Southwaite
General information
Location	Southwaite, Westmorland and Furness England
Coordinates	54°47′53″N2°51′30″W / 54.7980°N 2.8582°W / 54.7980; -2.8582
Grid reference	NY449451
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
17 December 1846	Opened
7 April 1952	Closed to passengers
1964 [1]	Closed to goods

Southwaite railway station in Hesket parish, was situated on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (the West Coast Main Line) between Carlisle and Penrith. It served the village of Southwaite, Cumbria, England. The station opened in 1846, and closed on 7 April 1952. ^[2]

v t e Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Legend
Caledonian Main Line Carlisle Citadel Maryport & Carlisle Rly Tyne Valley Line and Settle–Carlisle line Brisco Wreay Southwaite Calthwaite Plumpton Penrith Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway Clifton Moor Eden Valley Railway Clifton and Lowther Shap Shap Summit 914 ft 278.6 m South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway Tebay Low Gill (2nd) Ingleton branch line Low Gill (1st) Grayrigg (1st) Grayrigg (2nd) Kendal & Windermere Railway Oxenholme Hincaster branch line Milnthorpe Burton and Holme Furness & Midland Jnt Rly Ulverstone & Lancaster Railway Carnforth Bolton-le-Sands Hest Bank Morecambe branch line "Little" North Western Rly Glasson Dock branch line Lancaster Castle Lancaster (Greaves) Lancaster & Preston Junction Railway

Station buildings

The station had two platforms, an overbridge, a station hotel, railway cottages and a signal box. ^[3] The station house remains as a private dwelling, however the platforms have been demolished. The line has been electrified.

Stations on the line

The next station on the line towards Carlisle was Wreay and the preceding station was Calthwaite.

References

Notes

1. Pastscape Retrieved: 16 September 2012
2. Butt 1995, p. 217.
3. National Library of Scotland historic maps

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7.

External links

• Old Cumbria Gazetteer