Kirkandrews railway station was a railway station near Kirkandrews-on-Eden, Cumberland (now in Cumbria), England, on the Port Carlisle Railway branch and later the Silloth branch.[3] The station served the village and the rural district. Kirkandrews closed on 7 September 1964;[4] the station building survives as a private dwelling. The line to Silloth closed on 7 September 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts.

Kirkandrews
The former station in 2002
General information
Location	Kirkandrews-on-Eden, Carlisle England
Coordinates	54.9166°N 3.0121°W / 54.9166; -3.0121
Grid reference	NY352584
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
7 September 1964	Closed
Location
Kirkandrews Location in the present-day City of Carlisle district, Cumbria Show map of the City of Carlisle district Kirkandrews 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

History

In 1819 a port was constructed at Port Carlisle and in 1821, the Carlisle Navigation Canal.[5] was built to take goods to Carlisle.[5] The canal was closed in 1853[5] 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.[6]

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.[6]

Infrastructure

The station sat close to the village in the cut of the old canal; it had a single platform, and a shelter. The branch ran close to the course of Hadrian's Wall. A substantial station building was present. A large seed warehouse was located at the station. In common with other stations on the line, it had its name picked out in sea shells on a raised area opposite the station building.[7]

References

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Notes

Sources

External links

• Kirkandrews station Cumbria Gazetteer
• Kirkandrews station Deborah Irwin
• Kirkandrews station Cumbria Railways
• The station on an Edwardian 6" OS map National Library of Scotland
• The station and line Rail Maps Online
• The station and line, with mileages Railway Codes
• Cumbria Gazetteer