Leegate was a railway station on the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&CR) and served this rural district in Cumbria. The station was opened by the M&CR in 1848[1] and lay in the Parish of Bromfield.[2]
Leegate railway station | |
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General information | |
Location | Allerdale England |
Coordinates | 54.79918°N 3.238507°W / 54.79918; -3.238507 |
Grid reference | NY20474561 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Maryport & Carlisle Railway |
Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
2 February 1848 | Opened |
5 June 1950 | Station closed to passengers |
1964 | Station closed to goods |
Leegate station was opened by the Maryport & Carlisle Railway in 1848. At grouping in 1923 the M&CR became a part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. It was one of a number of lightly used intermediate stations on the M&C line closed to passenger traffic by the British Transport Commission in the years immediately after nationalisation of the British Railways network in 1948. Services ceased on 5 June 1950, though goods traffic continued to be handled here until 1964.
The main Carlisle-Maryport line (completed in 1845) remains open and forms part of the Cumbrian Coast Line between Carlisle and Barrow in Furness.
The station had two through platforms, with substantial station buildings and a signal box. No trace however remains of the station today.[3]
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Brookfield Line open, station closed |
Maryport and Carlisle Railway Main Line |
Brayton Line open, station closed |
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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