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Cockermouth railway station was situated on the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway and served the town of Cockermouth, Cumbria, England.
Cockermouth | |
|---|---|
 Site of Cockermouth station in 1986 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Cockermouth, Allerdale England |
| Coordinates | 54.660°N 3.365°W |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 2 January 1865 | Opened (Replacing older station) |
| 18 April 1966 | Closed[1] |
The station opened to passenger traffic on 2 January 1865 and closed on 18 April 1966. The station was the second to be built in the town. The original Cockermouth & Workington Railway station closed to passengers when the CK&PR station opened on an altered alignment, though it remained in use as a goods station until 1964.
The latter station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann. All traces of the station are now gone as the site is now occupied by The Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Base and the Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service. Running down the left hand side of The Fire Service building is the old track bed, now a public walkway; there are original bridges and features surviving to this day.
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
Further reading
- Allan, Ian, ed. (1997-03-27) [1958]. British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas And Gazetteer (Reprint) (Fifth ed.). Railway Publications. ISBN 978-0-7110-0320-0. OCLC 497398918. OL 7790796M. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- Bairstow, Martin (1995). Railways In The Lake District. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 978-1-871944-11-2. OCLC 35665959. OL 8652084M. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
External links
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Terminus | Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway | Embleton | ||
| Terminus |
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На других языках
[de] Bahnhof Cockermouth
Cockermouth wurde 1847 an die Cockermouth and Workington Railway angeschlossen, die den ersten Bahnhof baute. Die Gesellschaft wurde 1866 von der Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway übernommen. 1865/1866 hatte Cockermouth deshalb zwei Passagierbahnhöfe der beiden Gesellschaften, bis nach deren Verschmelzung der ältere Bahnhof zum Güterbahnhof wurde. Der Bahnhof von Cockermouth wurde am 18. April 1966 geschlossen und später abgerissen. Das englische Gesangsduo Flanders and Swann nahm den Bahnhof von Cockermouth 1963 in seinen Titel Slow Train als einen von vielen Bahnhöfen, deren Schließung sie in diesem Titel beklagen, auf.- [en] Cockermouth railway station
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