Abbey Junction railway station

Disused railway station in Cumbria, England

Abbey Junction
The station site years after closure
General information
Location	Abbey Town, Allerdale England
Platforms	?
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Opened	1856
Original company	Solway Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Key dates
1856	Station opened as Abbeyholme
31 August 1870	Station opened as Abbey Junction
1 January 1917	Closed
2 March 1919	Reopened
1 September 1921	Closed

Carlisle and Silloth
Bay Railway

Overview
Locale	Cumbria
Dates of operation	1854–1964
Predecessor	Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway
Successor	NBR
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

Legend

Silloth Battery Extension

Silloth Convalescent Home

Silloth Docks and Pier

Solway Junction Railway

southbound

Sleightholme

Abbey Junction

Solway Junction Railway

northbound

northbound

Port Carlisle Junction

Carlisle Canal

Carlisle

West Coast Main Line

southbound│northbound

Abbey Junction railway station was the railway junction where the branch line to Silloth on the Solway Firth divided from the Solway Junction Railway in the English county of Cumberland (later Cumbria).

History

A station on the site was opened as Abbeyholme by the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway in 1856, and was then renamed Abbey Junction by the North British Railway in 1870. It closed in 1921.

A parallel station on the site was opened as Abbey Junction by the Maryport and Carlisle Railway. It closed briefly from 1917 to 1919 then permanently in 1921.

The closure of the stations was linked to the closure of the Solway viaduct.

Extracts from Bradshaw's Guide, April 1910 showing the two lines which crossed at Abbey Junction, Cumberland

References

Robinson 2002, pp. 5–6.

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
Robinson, Peter W. (2002). Cumbria's Lost Railways. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84033-205-6.

External links

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Sleightholme Line and station closed		North British Railway Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway		Kirkbride Line and station closed
Whitrigg Line and station closed		Caledonian Railway Solway Junction Railway		Bromfield Line and station closed

v t e Closed railway stations in Cumbria
Waverley Route	Kershope Foot Nook Pasture Penton Riddings Junction Scotch Dyke Longtown Gretna Lyneside Harker Parkhouse Halt
Caledonian main line	Gretna Floriston Rockcliffe
Solway Junction Railway	Bowness Whitrigg Bromfield
Port Carlisle Dock and Railway	Port Carlisle Glasson Drumburgh Burgh-by-Sands Kirkandrews Port Carlisle Junction Carlisle Canal
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway	New Dykes Brow Kirkbride Sleightholme Abbey Junction Abbey Town Black Dyke Halt Causewayhead Silloth Cumberland and Westmorland Convalescent Institution Silloth Battery Extension
Maryport and Carlisle Railway	Carlisle Crown Street Carlisle Bogfield Cummersdale Curthwaite Micklethwaite Brookfield Leegate Low Row Brayton High Blaithwaite Mealsgate Allhallows Colliery Baggrow Arkleby Bullgill Dearham Bridge Dearham Linefoot Dovenby Lodge Papcastle
Newcastle & Carlisle Railway	Carlisle Canal Street Carlisle London Road Scotby Heads Nook How Mill Brampton Fell Brampton Town Naworth Low Row
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway	Brisco Wreay Southwaite Calthwaite Plumpton Clifton and Lowther Shap Tebay Low Gill Grayrigg Milnthorpe Burton and Holme
Ingleton branch line	Low Gill Sedbergh Middleton-on-Lune Barbon
Eden Valley Railway	Clifton Moor Cliburn Temple Sowerby Kirkby Thore Appleby East Warcop Musgrave
South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway	Gaisgill Ravenstonedale Smardale Barras
Settle–Carlisle line	Scotby Cumwhinton Cotehill Little Salkeld Culgaith New Biggin Long Marton Ormside Crosby Garrett
Cleator and Workington Junction Railway	Great Broughton Camerton Colliery Halt Buckhill Colliery Halt Seaton Workington Central High Harrington Distington Oatlands Arlecdon Moresby Parks Moresby Junction Halt Keekle Colliers' Platform Cleator Moor West
Harrington and Lowca Light Railway Gilgarran Branch	Harrington (Church Road) Halt Rosehill (Archer Street) Halt Rose Hill Platform Copperas Hill Micklam Lowca Parton Halt
Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway	Marron Junction Bridgefoot Branthwaite Ullock Lamplugh Rowrah Winder Yeathouse Eskett Frizington Cleator Moor East Cleator Moor Moor Row Woodend Gillfoot Egremont St Thomas Cross Platform Beckermet Mines Beckermet
Whitehaven Junction Railway Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway Furness Railway	Siddick Junction Workington North Newtown Eskmeals Whitbeck Crossing Halt Kirksanton Halt Underhill Halt Dunnerholme Halt Furness Abbey Barrow (Strand) Barrow (Rabbit Hill) Island Road Ramsden Dock Rampside Piel Lindal Ulverston
Cockermouth and Workington Railway	Workington Bridge Camerton Broughton Cross Brigham Cockermouth (C&W)
Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway	Cockermouth Embleton Bassenthwaite Lake Braithwaite Keswick Threlkeld Troutbeck Penruddock Blencow
Coniston Railway	Coniston Torver Woodland Broughton-in-Furness
Other	North Lonsdale Crossing Conishead Priory Newby Bridge Halt Greenodd Boot Sandside Moss Bay Cart Siding

54°51′8.8″N 3°16′42.8″W / 54.852444°N 3.278556°W / 54.852444; -3.278556

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