Brigham railway station
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![]() The station in 1961
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Location | |
Place | Brigham |
Area | Allerdale |
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Grid reference | NY085310 |
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Original company | Cockermouth & Workington Railway |
Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Platforms | 3 |
History | |
28 April 1847 | Opened |
18 April 1966 | Closed[1] |
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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Brigham railway station was situated on the Cockermouth and Workington Railway and served the village of Brigham, Cumbria, England.[2][3]
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History
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A 1904 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (right) railways in the vicinity of the station
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.[4]
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 this track now forms part of the A66.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Cockermouth (C&W) 1847-65 |
Cockermouth & Workington Railway | Broughton Cross Line and station closed |
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Cockermouth 1865-1966 |
London and North Western Railway Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway |
Broughton Cross Line and station closed |
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Cockermouth Reversed at Brigham |
Maryport and Carlisle Railway | Papcastle Line and station closed |
See also
References
- ↑ Butt 1995, p. 44.
- ↑ Smith & Turner 2012, Map 26.
- ↑ Jowett 2000, Map 36.
- ↑ Suggitt 2008, p. 81.
Sources
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Further reading
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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 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
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