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Dovenby Lodge railway station was on the single track Derwent Branch of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&CR) in the then county of Cumberland, now Cumbria, England.

Dovenby Lodge
General information
LocationDovenby, Allerdale
England
Coordinates54.6793°N 3.4083°W / 54.6793; -3.4083
Grid referenceNY092324
Platforms1[1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMaryport & Carlisle Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 June 1867[2]Opened
29 April 1935Line and station closed[3][4]

The station was opened in 1867. It was a private station solely for the use of the Ballentine-Dykes family of Dovenby Lodge, one of whom was Chairman of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway in the 1840s.[5]

The station is variously referred to as "Dovenby", "Dovenby Park" and "Dovenby Lodge"; an image of a ticket bearing the name Dovenby Lodge is included in the standard work on non-public stations.[6] Letters exchanged in 1868 between the family and the railway concern a parcel of land and a lodge at the station.[7]

The station was available for use until the line closed in 1935, though it never appeared in public timetables. Unusually for those times the tracks were lifted not long after closure, with a tragic consequence; when a bridge was being demolished a girder fell on two men and killed them.[8]


Afterlife


In 2020 the station was in use as a dwelling.[5][9]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Linefoot
Line and station closed
  Maryport & Carlisle Railway
Derwent Branch
  Papcastle
Line and station closed

See also



References


  1. Suggitt 2008, p. 95.
  2. Butt 1995, p. 81.
  3. Quick 2009, p. 152.
  4. Robinson 2002, p. 14.
  5. Suggitt 2008, p. 96.
  6. Croughton, Kidner & Young 1982, p. 33.
  7. Location of correspondence, via Cumbria Archives DBD/12/19
  8. Suggitt 2008, p. 97.
  9. Jones 2020, pp. 288–301.

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