How Mill was a railway station which served the village of The How, near Brampton in Cumbria. The station was closed in 1959, four years before the Beeching Axe.
How Mill | |
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| General information | |
| Location | How Mill, City of Carlisle England |
| Coordinates | 54°54′05″N 2°45′55″W |
| Grid reference | NY510565 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Newcastle and Carlisle Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping |
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| Key dates | |
| 20 July 1836 | Opened |
| 5 January 1959 | Closed[1] |
| Location | |
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The How was on one side of the station, almost a mile away, while the Mill was on the other side. The Mill was a sawmill and a house where the family lived who own the Mill. A level crossing was in place in the early 1940s.
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| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Brampton (Cumbria) | North Eastern Railway Newcastle and Carlisle Railway |
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Closed railway stations in Cumbria | |
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| Waverley Route | |
| Caledonian main line | |
| Solway Junction Railway | |
| Port Carlisle Dock and Railway |
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| Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway | |
| Maryport and Carlisle Railway | |
| Newcastle & Carlisle Railway |
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| Lancaster and Carlisle Railway | |
| Ingleton branch line | |
| Eden Valley Railway | |
| South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway | |
| Settle–Carlisle line | |
| Cleator and Workington Junction Railway | |
| Harrington and Lowca Light Railway Gilgarran Branch | |
| Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway | |
| Whitehaven Junction Railway Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway Furness Railway |
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| Cockermouth and Workington Railway | |
| Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway | |
| Coniston Railway | |
| Other |
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