New Dykes Brow railway station

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
Location1 mile NW of Fingland, Allerdale
England
Coordinates54.9086°N 3.1850°W / 54.9086; -3.1850
Grid referenceNY241577
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCarlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company
Key dates
November 1856First appeared in Bradshaw, Saturdays Only
October 1866Last appeared in Bradshaw[1]

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

The 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
  1. Quick 2009, p. xxx.
  2. Bradshaw entry, January 1862
  3. The station site in 1866, via National Library of Scotland
  4. Cumbria Railways Retrieved : 2012-08-21

Sources
  • Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Drumburgh
Line and station closed		   North British Railway
Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company		   Kirkbride
Line and station closed
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