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| Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway | |||
| civil parish:- | Whitehaven (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | St Bees (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Egremont (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Cleator Moor (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Arlecdon and Frizington (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Dean (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Little Clifton (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| civil parish:- | Greysouthen (formerly Cumberland) | ||
| county:- | Cumbria | ||
| locality type:- | railway | ||
| SummaryText:- | from Corkickle in Whitehaven, to Egremont, Cumberland; AND branch through Frizington, Yeathouse, Winder, Rowrah, Lamplugh, Ullock, Distington, to Parton near Whitehaven, Cumberland; AND extension from Ullock, through Branthwaite, Bridgefoot, to the Cockermouth and Workington Railway, Cumberland. | ||
| references:- |  RWY027.jpg |
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 BLW36.jpg (taken 18.4.2006) |
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 Egremont and Sellafield branch railway from 1866 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H |
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| source data:- | Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and
Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John
Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s. GAR2NY02.jpg triple line, light bold light, railway  GAR2NX91.jpg  GAR2NY01.jpg item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- LMS 1939 B |
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| source data:- |  click to enlargeLMS6Cm.jpg "MAP OF LMS RAILWAY" item:- JandMN : 1016.5 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
4½ miles, and a 2¼mile branch to Frizington. |
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| person:- | railway company : Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway |
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| date:- | 1854 to 1877 |
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| person:- | railway company : London and North Western Railway; LNWR |
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| date:- | 1877 to 1887 |
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| person:- | railway company : London and North Western Railway; LNWR |
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| person:- | railway company : Furness Railway; FR |
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| date:- | 1887 to 1923 |
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| person:- | railway company : London, Midland and Scottish Railway; LMS |
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| date:- | 1923 to 1948 |
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| person:- | railway company : British Railways; BR |
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| date:- | 1948 to 1980 |
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| goes through:- |  Mirehouse Junction, Whitehaven railway bridge, Moor Row Moor Row Station, Moor Row Moor Row West Junction, Moor Row location, Egremont railway bridge, Egremont (3) Bigrigg Junction, Cleator Moor railway bridge, Egremont Woodend Station, Egremont railway bridge, Egremont (2) Gillfoot Branch Junction, Egremont Egremont Station, Egremont16.6.1854: authorized - 1856: opened - 1980: closed Moor Row to Egremont - 1990: closed Mirehouse Junction to Moor Row - |
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| goes through:- | Moor Row West Junction, Moor Row Moor Row East Junction, Moor Row Cleator Moor Station, Cleator Moor Birks Bridge Junction, Cleator Moor Birks Bridge Station, Cleator Moor Frizington Station, Arlecdon and Frizington 1856: opened - 1978: closed - |
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| goes through:- | Frizington Station, Arlecdon and Frizington railway bridge, Arlecdon and Frizington (2) Mowbray Junction, Arlecdon and Frizington Eskett Junction, Arlecdon and Frizington railway bridge, Arlecdon and Frizington Winder Station, Arlecdon and Frizington Kelton Fell Line Junction, Arlecdon and Frizington Rowrah Station, Lamplugh railway bridge, Rowrah railway bridge, Lanefoot [Lamplugh Station, Arlecdon and Frizington] 1862: opened - 1954: closed from Kelton Fell Junction to Lamplugh; other parts closed at various dates - |
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| goes through:- | Moor Row Station, Moor Row Moor Row East Junction, Moor Row Cleator Moor Junction, Cleator Moor Cleator Moor East Station, Cleator Moor Birks Bridge Junction, Cleator Moor 1864: opened - 1954 - 1963: closed |
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| goes through:- | [Lamplugh Station, Arlecdon and Frizington] railway bridge, Wright Green [station, Wright Green] Ullock Station, Ullock railway bridge, Ullock railway bridge, Ullock (2) railway bridge, Dean Ullock Junction, Dean[Branthwaite Station, Dean] [Bridgefoot Station, Greysouthen] railway bridge, Bridgefoot Marron Junction, Little Clifton1866: opened - 1954: closed - |
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| goes through:- | Bigrigg Junction, Cleator Moor Bigrigg Goods Depot, Cleator Moor 1867: opened - 1951: closed - |
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| goes through:- | Yeathouse Station, Arlecdon and Frizington 1874: opened - 1931: closed, or earlier - |
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| goes through:- | Ullock Junction, Dean railway bridge, Branthwaite Distington Lane Junction, Parton 1879: opened - 1929 - 1932: closed in pieces, mostly |
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| goes through:- | Eskett Junction, Arlecdon and Frizington 1879: opened - 1923: closed - |
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| goes through:- | Gillfoot Branch Junction, Egremont 1880: opened - 1931: closed - |
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