Siddick Junction railway station

Siddick Junction
The site of the station in 2013
General information
LocationSiddick, near Workington, Cumberland
England
Coordinates54°39′54″N 3°33′13″W / 54.6649°N 3.5535°W / 54.6649; -3.5535
Grid referenceNX998310
Platforms3[1][2]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCleator and Workington Junction Railway and LNWR
Key dates
1 September 1880Opened for passenger exchange
1 March 1890Opened as full passenger station
13 April 1931Closed to passengers towards Workington Central
1 October 1934Closed to passengers[3]
Location
Siddick Junction is located in the former Allerdale Borough
Siddick Junction
Siddick Junction
Location in present-day Allerdale, Cumbria
Siddick Junction is located in Cumbria
Siddick Junction
Siddick Junction
Location in present-day Cumbria, England
A 1914 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing the complex network which existed in the Workington area

Siddick Junction railway station was opened by the Cleator and Workington Junction (C&WJR) and London and North Western Railways in 1880 to provide exchange platforms for passengers wishing to change trains from one company's line to the other. A passenger travelling from Maryport to Distington, for example, would change at Siddick Junction. As a purely exchange station - like Dovey Junction and Dukeries Junction elsewhere in the country - the owning companies would not need to provide road or footpath access or ticketing facilities as no passengers were invited to enter or leave the station except by train.

Ten years later, in 1890, the community of Siddick had grown sufficiently to justify upgrading the station to handle the full range of passengers.

The station was officially "Siddick Junction"[3][4] but Bradshaw referred to it as plain "Siddick".[5]

  1. ^ McGowan Gradon 2004, p. 63.
  2. ^ Robinson 2002, p. 43.
  3. ^ a b McGowan Gradon 2004, p. 68.
  4. ^ Haynes 1920, Throughout.
  5. ^ Bradshaw 1985, pp. Index, 511 & 595.