Abbey Town railway station


Abbey Town railway station was on the branch line off the Solway Junction Railway in the English county of Cumberland (later Cumbria). The first station after Abbey Junction on the branch to Silloth on the Solway Firth, it served the village of Abbey Town. The station closed with the line to Silloth in 1964.

Abbey Town
Location of the former station (1991)
General information
LocationAbbey Town, Allerdale
England
Coordinates54°50′45″N 3°17′16″W / 54.8459°N 3.2877°W / 54.8459; -3.2877
Grid referenceNY174508
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened22 August 1856
Original companyCarlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
22 August 1856Station opened as Abbey
August 1889Renamed Abbey Town
7 September 1964Station closed

History

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Opened as Abbey by the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway in 1856, then renamed Abbey Town by the North British Railway in 1889, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station closed on 7 September 1964.

References

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  • 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, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

Further material

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  • Oatway, Jim (2003) [1964]. Cumberland Glory (DVD). Ultimate Archive Steam. Uffington, Shropshire: B&R Video Productions. Vol 44.
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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Sleightholme
Line and station closed
  North British Railway
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
  Black Dyke Halt
Line and station closed