Cleator Moor West railway station

Cleator Moor West
Near site of Cleator Moor West station, 1986
General information
LocationCleator Moor, Copeland
England
Coordinates54°31′30″N 3°31′57″W / 54.5249°N 3.5326°W / 54.5249; -3.5326
Grid referenceNY009154
Platforms2[1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCleator and Workington Junction Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1879Opened as "Cleator Moor"
2 June 1924Renamed "Cleator Moor West"
13 April 1931Closed[2]
16 September 1963.Line through the station closed[3]
Location
Cleator Moor West is located in the former Borough of Copeland
Cleator Moor West
Cleator Moor West
Location in present-day Copeland Borough
Cleator Moor West is located in Cumbria
Cleator Moor West
Cleator Moor West
Location in present-day Cumbria
1904 railway junctions around Cleator Moor, Parton, Rowrah & Whitehaven

Cleator Moor West railway station was opened as "Cleator Moor" by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR) in 1879. It served the growing industrial town of Cleator Moor, Cumbria, England.[4][5]

  1. ^ McGowan Gradon 2004, p. 15.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 63.
  3. ^ McGowan Gradon 2004, p. 59.
  4. ^ Smith & Turner 2012, Map 26.
  5. ^ Jowett 1989, Map 36.