Brigham railway station
Brigham | |
|---|---|
 The station in 1961 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Brigham, Allerdale England |
| Coordinates | 54°39′57″N 3°25′14″W / 54.66574°N 3.42058°W |
| Grid reference | NY085310 |
| Platforms | 3[1][2] |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Cockermouth & Workington Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 28 April 1847 | Opened |
| 18 April 1966 | Closed[3] |
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Brigham railway station was situated on the Cockermouth and Workington Railway at its junction with the Maryport and Carlisle Railway's Derwent Branch. It served the village of Brigham, Cumbria, England.[4][5][6]
History
The station opened on 28 April 1847 and closed on 18 April 1966. The last train was the 20:19 DMU from Keswick to Workington Main on Saturday 16 April.[7]
Afterlife
In 2013 remains of the station and the junction to Papcastle station were still visible by the A66 road before the Great Broughton junction; most of the trackbed now forms part of the A66.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cockermouth (C&W) 1847-65 |
Cockermouth & Workington Railway | Broughton Cross Line and station closed | ||
| Cockermouth 1865-1966 |
London and North Western Railway Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway |
Broughton Cross Line and station closed | ||
| Cockermouth Reversed at Brigham |
Maryport and Carlisle Railway Derwent Branch |
Papcastle Line and station closed |
See also
References
- ^ Marsh & Garbutt 1999, p. 141.
- ^ Robinson 2002, p. 36.
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 44.
- ^ Smith & Turner 2012, Map 26.
- ^ Jowett 1989, Map 36.
- ^ Jones 2020, pp. 288–301.
- ^ Suggitt 2008, p. 81.
Sources
- 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.
- Jones, Allan (October 2020). Peascod, Michael (ed.). "The Derwent Branch of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway". Cumbrian Railways. 13 (8). Pinner: Cumbrian Railways Association. ISSN 1466-6812.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Marsh, John; Garbutt, John (1999). Cumbrian Railways. Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0750920432.
- Robinson, Peter W. (2002). Cumbria's Lost Railways. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84033-205-6.
- Smith, Paul; Turner, Keith (2012). Railway Atlas Then and Now. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978 0 7110 3695 6.
- Suggitt, Gordon (2008). Lost Railways of Cumbria (Railway Series). Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 978-1-84674-107-4.
Further reading
- British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas And Gazetteer. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. 1997 [1958]. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3.
- Anderson, Paul (April 2002). Hawkins, Chris (ed.). "Dog in the Manger? The Track of the Ironmasters". British Railways Illustrated. 11 (7). Clophill: Irwell Press Ltd.
- Bairstow, Martin (1995). Railways In The Lake District. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 1-871944-11-2.
- Bowtell, Harold D. (1989). Rails through Lakeland: An Illustrated Journey of the Workington-Cockermouth-Keswick-Penrith Railway 1847-1972. Wyre, Lancashire: Silverling Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-947971-26-2.
- Joy, David (1983). Lake Counties (Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 094653702X.
- McGowan Gradon, W. (2004) [1952]. The Track of the Ironmasters: A History of the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway. Grange-over-Sands: Cumbrian Railways Association. ISBN 0-9540232-2-6.
- Marshall, John (1981). Forgotten Railways: North West England. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0 7153 8003 6.
- Western, Robert (2001). The Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway OL113. Usk: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-564-0.
External links
- Map of the line with photos, via RAILSCOT
- The station on an OS map surveyed in 1864, via National Library of Scotland
- The station on overlain OS maps surveyed from 1898, via National Library of Scotland
- The station on a 1948 OS Map, via npe maps
- The station, via Rail Map Online
- The railways of Cumbria, via Cumbrian Railways Association
- Photos of Cumbrian railways, via Cumbrian Railways Association
- The railways of Cumbria, via Railways_of_Cumbria
- Cumbrian Industrial History, via Cumbria Industrial History Society
- Local history of the CKPR route, via Cockermouth
- The line's and station's Engineer's Line References, via railwaycodes.org.uk
- A video tour-de-force of the region's closed lines, via cumbriafilmarchive