Abbey Junction railway station

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Abbey Junction
Abbey Junction station (site-remains) geograph-3222246-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
The station site years after closure
General information
Location Abbey Town, Allerdale
England
Platforms?
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Solway Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Key dates
1856Station opened as Abbeyholme
31 August 1870Station opened as Abbey Junction
1 January 1917Closed
2 March 1919Reopened
1 September 1921Closed

Abbey Junction railway station was the railway junction where the branch line to Silloth on the Solway Firth divided from the Solway Junction Railway in the English county of Cumberland (later Cumbria). [1]

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History

A 1903 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (right) railways in the vicinity of Abbey Junction Castle Douglas Abbey Holme, Annan, Brayton & Kirkbride RJD 104.jpg
A 1903 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (right) railways in the vicinity of Abbey Junction

A station on the site was opened as Abbeyholme by the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway in 1856, and was then renamed Abbey Junction by the North British Railway in 1870. It closed in 1921.

A parallel station on the site was opened as Abbey Junction by the Maryport and Carlisle Railway. It closed briefly from 1917 to 1919 then permanently in 1921.

The closure of the stations was linked to the closure of the Solway viaduct.

Extracts from Bradshaw's Guide, April 1910 showing the two lines which crossed at Abbey Junction, Cumberland SillothAndSolway1910.JPG
Extracts from Bradshaw's Guide, April 1910 showing the two lines which crossed at Abbey Junction, Cumberland

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References

  1. Robinson 2002, pp. 5–6.

Sources

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Sleightholme
Line and station closed
  North British Railway
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
  Kirkbride
Line and station closed
Whitrigg
Line and station closed
  Caledonian Railway
Solway Junction Railway
  Bromfield
Line and station closed

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