Bullgill railway station

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Bullgill railway station
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Bullgill station
Location Bullgill, Allerdale
England
Coordinates 54°44′00″N3°24′25″W / 54.7333°N 3.4070°W / 54.7333; -3.4070 Coordinates: 54°44′00″N3°24′25″W / 54.7333°N 3.4070°W / 54.7333; -3.4070
Grid reference NY095385
Platforms3 [1] [2] [3]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Maryport & Carlisle Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1840Opened
7 March 1960Station closed to passengers [4]
1964Station closed to goods

Bullgill or Bull Gill was a railway station on the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&CR) serving Bullgill in Cumbria. The station was opened by the M&CR in 1840 and lay in the Parish of Oughterside and Allerby. It closed in 1960 [5]

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History

Bullgill station was opened by the Maryport & Carlisle Railway (M&CR) in 1840. [5] [6] At grouping in 1923 the M&CR became a part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. It was closed to passenger traffic by the British Transport Commission on 7 March 1960 [7] and to all traffic four years later. Much of the station has since been demolished, but remnants of the southbound platform still survive and can be seen from passing trains.

The main Carlisle-Maryport line (completed in 1845) remains open and forms part of the Cumbrian Coast Line between Carlisle and Barrow in Furness. Prior to closure John Joseph Metcalfe was the Station Master. [8] In 2009 the local community recommended that the station should be re-opened. [9]

The station was also the junction for the M&CR's Derwent Branch to Brigham and Cockermouth, which opened in April 1867. [10] [11] Though this line was built primarily to handle iron-ore traffic, it was also used by passenger services. These started from Maryport and ran north to Bullgill, where they reversed. They then continued south to Brigham, where another reversal was necessary before they ran onwards to their destination at Cockermouth. [12] The need for these reversals meant that the modest 12 miles (19 km) journey took 50 minutes to complete. This line was closed to passengers by the LMS on 29 April 1935 and subsequently dismantled.

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References

  1. ↑ Images of the station, via Cumbria Railways Association
  2. ↑ Robinson 1985, p. 57.
  3. ↑ Joy 1973, p. 57.
  4. ↑ Quick 2009, p. 106.
  5. 1 2 Old Cumbria Gazetteer Retrieved : 2012-08-28
  6. ↑ English Heritage Retrieved : 2012-08-28
  7. ↑ Daniels, Gerald David; Dench, Leslie Alan (February 1963) [1962]. Passengers No More 1952–1962. Closures of stations and branch lines (PDF) (2nd ed.). Brighton: GLO. p. 9. OCLC   504319235.
  8. ↑ Bulgill Station Master Retrieved : 2012-09-02
  9. ↑ Bullgill re-opening Retrieved : 2012-09-02
  10. ↑ CRA - The Maryport & Carlisle Railway in 1921 Cumbrian Railways Association; Retrieved 2013-10-17
  11. ↑ Jones 2020, pp. 288–301.
  12. ↑ Derwent Branch Retrieved : 2012-09-02

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Further reading

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Arkleby
Station closed, line open		  Maryport & Carlisle Railway
Main Line		  Dearham Bridge
Station closed, line open
Disused railways
Arkleby
Line open, station closed		  Maryport and Carlisle Railway
Derwent Branch 		  Dearham
Line and station closed
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