Causewayhead railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Causewayhead |
| Area | Allerdale |
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| Grid reference | NY124528 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| November 1856 | In Bradshaw as "Causey Head" |
| 1857 | Amended in Bradshaw to "Causewayhead" |
| April 1859 | Last appeared in Bradshaw[1] |
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Causewayhead or, originally, Causey Head, was an early, short lived railway station near Causewayhead, Cumbria on the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company's branch from Carlisle to Silloth
The station served the small hamlet of Causewayhead and its rural surrounds.
Its timetable entries show trains calling on Saturdays Only. It only appeared in public timetables from November 1856 to April 1859.
By 1866 no trace of a station could be seen on OS maps,[2] though a building - almost certainly the crossing keeper's cottage - is clear. It is possible that this was a "use it or lose it" stopping place where no platforms were built.
The level crossing required the services of a Crossing Keeper until the line closed in 1964.[3]
The line through the crossing closed on 7 September 1964.[4]
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History
The North British Railway (NBR) leased the line from the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company in 1862, and absorbed them in 1880, The NBR, in turn, was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923, passing to British Railways in 1948.
References
- ↑ Quick 2009, p. 118.
- ↑ Causewayhead crossing in 1866, via National Library of Scotland
- ↑ Causewayhead crossing after the Second World war, via Holme St Cuthbert History Group
- ↑ Cumbria Railways Retrieved : 2012-08-21
Sources
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External links
- The line with period photographs, via Holme St Cuthbert History Group
- Cumbria Gazetteer
- The station via Rail Map Online
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Blackdyke Halt Line and station closed |
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway | Silloth Line and station closed |
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| Silloth Convalescent Home Line and station closed |
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| Silloth Battery Extension Line and station closed |
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