Appleby East railway station

Appleby East
265px Appleby East railway station in 1997.
Location
Place	Appleby-in-Westmorland
Area	Eden
Operations
Original company	Eden Valley Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	1
History
9 June 1862	Station opened as Appleby
1 September 1952	Station renamed Appleby East
22 January 1962	Station closed
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Remains of the station in 1991

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Appleby stations in 1903 (right of diagram)

Appleby East railway station was situated on the Eden Valley Railway between Kirkby Stephen East and Penrith in Cumbria, England. The station served the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland. Railway services to Appleby now use Appleby railway station.

History

Opened by the Eden Valley Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

The site today

The station is fairly intact and is used by a scrap merchant.[1]

In 1995, the Eden Valley Railway Society was formed with the aim of restoring the line and reintroducing a train service.

The line is upgrading the track for public service towards Appleby East (Phase 1).

External links

• Station on navigable O.S. map. Northerly of the two stations.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Kirkby Thore		North Eastern Railway Eden Valley Railway		Warcop