Rockcliffe railway station

Rockcliffe
Location
Place Rockcliffe
Area City of Carlisle
Coordinates 54°56′28″N 2°59′05″W / 54.9410°N 2.9846°W / 54.9410; -2.9846Coordinates: 54°56′28″N 2°59′05″W / 54.9410°N 2.9846°W / 54.9410; -2.9846
Grid reference NY370611
Operations
Original company Caledonian Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms 2
History
10 September 1847 Station opened[1]
1 January 1917 Station closed[1]
2 December 1918 Station reopened[1]
17 July 1950

Passenger service withdrawn but workmans trains continued.

Station renamed Rockcliffe Halt[1]
6 December 1965 Station closed[1]
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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 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.

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 open; Station closed		   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.

References

Notes

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

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • RAILSCOT on Caledonian Railway


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