Burgh-by-Sands railway station

Burgh-by-Sands
Burgh-by-Sands station
General information
Location	Burgh-by-Sands, City of Carlisle England
Coordinates	54°55′12″N 3°03′31″W / 54.9200°N 3.0585°W / 54.9200; -3.0585
Grid reference	NY322588
Platforms	1[1][2]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Port Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1854	Opened as "Burgh"
7 September 1964	Closed
Location Burgh-by-Sands Location in the present-day City of Carlisle district, Cumbria Show map of the former City of Carlisle district Burgh-by-Sands Location in present-day Cumbria, England Show map of Cumbria

v t e Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
Overview Locale Cumbria Dates of operation 1854–1964 Predecessor Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway Successor NBR Technical Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Legend
Silloth Battery Extension Silloth Convalescent Home Silloth Docks and Pier Silloth Causewayhead Blackdyke Halt Abbey Town Solway Junction Railway southbound Sleightholme Abbey Junction Solway Junction Railway northbound Kirkbride New Dykes Brow Port Carlisle Glasson Drumburgh Burgh-by-Sands Kirkandrews Waverley Line northbound Port Carlisle Junction Carlisle Canal Carlisle West Coast Main Line southbound│northbound

Burgh-by-Sands railway station was originally named Burgh (pronounced "Bruff"). It opened in 1854 on the Port Carlisle Railway branch and later the Silloth branch, serving the village of Burgh in Cumberland - now Cumbria - England.^[3] The line and station closed on 7 September 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts.^[4]

In 2014 the station building survived as a private dwelling.^[5]