Cumberland and Westmorland Convalescent Institution railway station

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Cumberland and Westmorland Convalescent Institution
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The station with a typical train, around the beginning of the 20th Century
Location
Place Silloth
Area Allerdale
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Grid reference NY104531
Operations
Original company Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms 1[1]
History
1862 Opened
Unclear,[2] either about 1928[3] or after 1937[4] Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
Locale Cumbria
Dates of operation 1854 – 1964
Predecessor Carlisle and Silloth Bay
Railway and Dock Company
Successor London and North Eastern Railway
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Silloth Battery Extension
Silloth Convalescent Home
Silloth Docks and Pier
Silloth
Causewayhead
Blackdyke Halt
Abbey Town
Solway Junction Railway
southbound
Abbey Junction
Sleightholme
Solway Junction Railway
northbound
Kirkbride
New Dykes Brow
Port Carlisle
Glasson
Drumburgh
Burgh-by-Sands
Kirkandrews
Waverley Line
northbound
Port Carlisle Junction
Carlisle Canal
West Coast Main Line
northbound
Carlisle Citadel
West Coast Main Line
southbound

Cumberland and Westmorland Convalescent Institution railway station was a terminus off the short Blitterlees Branch off the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway, within Silloth itself.[5] The larger railway ran from Carlisle, England. It does not appear on standard railway maps.[6]

The station's sole purpose was to serve the convalescent home of the same name. Although this was the home's formal title, it was widely referred to as "Silloth Convalescent Home", as was the station. The station never appeared in public timetables.[7]

"Invalid Trains" to the station were run on an ad hoc basis, though for may years they commonly ran on Thursdays around 15:00, preceded by a shunter or a guard on foot.[4]

The unstaffed station was minimalist, consisting of a single wooden platform next to the singe track.

The home and station opened in 1862. One source states that the station is believed to have closed around 1928, whilst another, with local knowledge, refers to it as both mentioned in the 1937 Sectional Appendix and "open during the Second World War".[4] In 2015 the home was still operating.[8]

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External links

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Black Dyke Halt
Line and station closed
  North British Railway
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
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