Burgh-by-Sands railway station was originally named Burgh (pronounced "Bruff"). It opened in 1854 on the Port Carlisle Railway branch and later the Silloth branch, serving the village of Burgh in Cumberland - now Cumbria - England.[3] The line and station closed on 7 September 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts.[4]

Burgh-by-Sands
Burgh-by-Sands station
General information
Location	Burgh-by-Sands, City of Carlisle England
Coordinates	54.9200°N 3.0585°W / 54.9200; -3.0585
Grid reference	NY322588
Platforms	1[1][2]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Port Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1854	Opened as "Burgh"
7 September 1964	Closed
Location
Burgh-by-Sands Location in the present-day City of Carlisle district, Cumbria Show map of the City of Carlisle district Burgh-by-Sands Location in present-day Cumbria, England Show map of Cumbria

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 Abbey Junction Sleightholme 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

In 2014 the station building survived as a private dwelling.[5]

History

In 1819 a port was constructed at Port Carlisle and in 1821, the Carlisle Navigation Canal was built to take goods to Carlisle.[6] The canal was closed in 1853[6] and much of it was infilled by the Port Carlisle Railway Company who constructed a railway that started passenger services in 1854, discontinuing them two years later when the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company's (C&SBRDC) new railway to Silloth opened, utilising the Port Carlisle Branch as far as Drumburgh.[7] Opened as Burgh railway station, it was renamed Burgh-by-Sands in 1923.[5]

The North British Railway leased the line from 1862, it was absorbed by them in 1880, and then taken over by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.[7]

Infrastructure

The station sat close the village, reached by Station Road that branched off the mainstreet; it had a single platform, a shelter and a signal box. The branch ran close to the course of Hadrians Wall. A substantial station building was present, together with a station master's house.

Micro-history

In the 1930s a Walter Tait was the station master.

References

Notes

Sources

External links

• Burgh-by-Sands station Cumbria Railways
• Sentinel at Burgh-by-Sands Rail Brit
• The station and line Cumbria Gazetteer
• The station on an Edwardian 6" OS map National Library of Scotland
• The station Rail Maps Online
• The station (as "Burgh") and line, with mileages Railway Codes