Calthwaite railway station

54°45′24″N 2°49′07″W / 54.7566°N 2.8187°W / 54.7566; -2.8187Grid referenceNY474404Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyLancaster and Carlisle RailwayPre-groupingLondon and North Western RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates26 July 1847^[1]Opened7 April 1952Closed to passengers1956Closed to goods^[2]

Calthwaite railway station in Hesket parish, was situated on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (the West Coast Main Line) between Carlisle and Penrith. It served the village of Calthwaite, Cumbria, England. The station opened in 1847, and closed on 7 April 1952.^[3]

v t e Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Legend
Caledonian Main Line Carlisle Citadel Maryport & Carlisle Rly Tyne Valley Line and Settle–Carlisle line Brisco Wreay Southwaite Calthwaite Plumpton Penrith Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway Clifton Moor Eden Valley Railway Clifton and Lowther Shap Shap Summit 914 ft 278.6 m South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway Tebay Low Gill (2nd) Ingleton branch line Low Gill (1st) Grayrigg (1st) Grayrigg (2nd) Kendal & Windermere Railway Oxenholme Hincaster branch line Milnthorpe Burton and Holme Furness & Midland Jnt Rly Ulverstone & Lancaster Railway Carnforth Bolton-le-Sands Hest Bank Morecambe branch line "Little" North Western Rly Glasson Dock branch line Lancaster Castle Lancaster (Greaves) Lancaster & Preston Junction Railway

The station had two platforms, a signal box and a station master's house. The relatively sizeable goods yard had a weighing house, coal yard and cattle pens.^[4] Only the station master's house remains, as a private dwelling, the platforms have been demolished and the line has been electrified.

The next station on the line towards Carlisle was Southwaite and the preceding station was Plumpton.

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Sources

• Old Cumbria Gazetteer