Port Carlisle Junction

Disused railway station in Cumbria, England

A 1912 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing Port Carlisle Junction (upper left)

Port Carlisle Junction was a railway junction between the lines of the former Caledonian Railway and North British Railway companies lines to the north of Carlisle Citadel station in, what is now, Cumbria, England.[1] It opened in July 1863.[2] Port Carlisle Junction railway station was a very short lived station that first came into use in July 1863 and there was some untimetabled use until 29 October 1863, but the station closed as early as 1 July 1864.[3] After closure, the up (northbound) platform was retained for use by those crews requiring change and also for passing messages on to crews.

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Carlisle and Silloth
Bay Railway
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Legend
 Silloth Battery Extension
Silloth Convalescent Home
Silloth Docks and Pier
Silloth
Causewayhead
Blackdyke Halt
Abbey Town
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Solway Junction Railway
southbound
 Sleightholme
Abbey Junction
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Solway Junction Railway
northbound
 Kirkbride
New Dykes Brow
Port Carlisle
Glasson
Drumburgh
Burgh-by-Sands
Kirkandrews
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Waverley Line
northbound
 Port Carlisle Junction
Carlisle Canal
Carlisle
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West Coast Main Line
southbound│northbound
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References

Citations

  1. ^ Ellis 1955, p. 78.
  2. ^ Joy 1983, p. 80.
  3. ^ Robinson 2002, p. 16.

Sources

  • Ellis, Cuthbert Hamilton (1955). The North British Railway. I Allan.
  • Joy, David (1983). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The Lake Counties. David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-946-53702-0.
  • Robinson, Peter W. (2002). Cumbria's Lost Railways. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84033-205-6.

54°53′53″N 2°57′32″W / 54.8980°N 2.9588°W / 54.8980; -2.9588


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