Moresby Junction Halt railway station

Moresby Junction Halt
General information
LocationMoresby Parks, near Cleator Moor, Copeland
England
Coordinates54°33′15″N 3°32′48″W / 54.5542°N 3.5466°W / 54.5542; -3.5466
Grid referenceNY000187
Platforms1[1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCleator and Workington Junction Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
July 1910Opened
2 January 1911Closed
June 1913Reopened[2]
1 October 1923Closed, but remained open for miner's trains[3]
by June 1952Closed[2][4][5]

Moresby Junction Halt railway station was opened by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR) in 1910. Very few people lived near the halt, which served nearby Walkmill Colliery and coke ovens in Cumbria, England.[6][7][8]

The halt consisted of one single wooden platform by the southbound track a short distance south of the junction itself.[9] Northbound trains calling at the halt had to cross to the "wrong line" and reverse or recross when they had dropped and picked up their passengers. The halt was unstaffed and had no facilities whatsoever. Publications both official and authoritative variously referred to the halt as Moresby Junction Halt, Moresby Junction Platform, Moresby Junction and Walkmill Colliery.

The halt only ever had one purpose - to bring workers to and from the remote colliery. It appeared in public timetables in 1910 then again from 1913 to 1923, but only northbound, other northbound calls and all southbound calls were made by unadvertised workmen's services. Further research is needed to establish exactly when services to the halt ended, the closest available from authoritative sources is "by 1952".

  1. ^ McGowan Gradon 2004, p. 16.
  2. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 163.
  3. ^ McGowan Gradon 2004, p. 59.
  4. ^ McGowan Gradon 2004, p. 68.
  5. ^ Croughton, Kidner & Young 1982, p. 103.
  6. ^ Smith & Turner 2012, Map 26 (but misplaced).
  7. ^ Jowett 1989, Map 36 (as P20).
  8. ^ Anderson 2002, p. 309 (as Walkmill Colliery).
  9. ^ Robinson 1985, p. 67.