New Dykes Brow was an early, short lived railway station near Fingland, Cumbria on the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company's branch from Carlisle to Silloth
New Dykes Brow | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 1 mile NW of Fingland, Allerdale England |
| Coordinates | 54°54′31″N 3°11′06″W / 54.9086°N 3.1850°W |
| Grid reference | NY241577 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company |
| Key dates | |
| November 1856 | First appeared in Bradshaw, Saturdays Only |
| October 1866 | Last appeared in Bradshaw[1] |
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The station served the small hamlet of Fingland and its rural surrounds, though its name is unclear from this distance in time.
Its timetable entries show trains calling on Saturdays only (Market Day).[2] It only appeared in public timetables from November 1856 to October 1866.
In 1866 no evidence of the station could be seen on OS maps,.[3] It is possible that this was a "use it or lose it" stopping place where no platforms were built.
The line through the station site closed on 7 September 1964.[4]
History
editThe North British Railway (NBR) leased the line from the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company in 1862, and absorbed them in 1880, The NBR, in turn, was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923, passing to British Railways in 1948.
References
edit- ^ Quick 2009, p. xxx.
- ^ Bradshaw entry, January 1862
- ^ The station site in 1866, via National Library of Scotland
- ^ Cumbria Railways Retrieved : 2012-08-21
Sources
edit- Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
External links
edit- The line with period photographs, via Holme St Cuthbert History Group
- Cumbria Gazetteer
- The station site on an Edwardian 6" OS map, via National Library of Scotland
- The station via Rail Maps Online
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Drumburgh Line and station closed |
North British Railway Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company |
Kirkbride Line and station closed |