Cockermouth railway station

Cockermouth railway station was situated on the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway and served the town of Cockermouth, Cumbria, England.

For the original station in the town, see Cockermouth railway station (1847–1865).

Cockermouth
Site of Cockermouth station in 1986
LocationCockermouth, Allerdale
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 January 1865Opened (Replacing older station)
18 April 1966Closed[1]
A 1904 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (right) railways in the vicinity of the station

The station opened to passenger traffic on 2 January 1865 and closed on 18 April 1966. The station was the second to be built in the town. The original Cockermouth & Workington Railway station closed to passengers when the CK&PR station opened on an altered alignment, though it remained in use as a goods station until 1964.

The later station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann. All traces of the station are now gone as the site is now occupied by The Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Base and the Cumbria Fire Service Headquarters. Running down the left hand side of The Fire Service Headquarters building is the old track bed, now a public walkway; there are original bridges and features surviving to this day.

Notes
  1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens

References
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7.
  • British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas And Gazetteer. Ian Allan Publishing. 1997 [1958]. ISBN 978-0-7110-0320-0.
  • Bairstow, Martin (1995). Railways In The Lake District. ISBN 978-1-871944-11-2.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Terminus   Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway   Embleton
Terminus   London and North Western Railway
Cockermouth & Workington Railway		   Brigham


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