Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway

Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway
Overview
StatusClosed
OwnerWhitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway
LocaleCumbria
Termini
Stations12
Service
TypeRural Line
SystemNational Rail Network
Services2
Operator(s)Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway
History
Opened1855
Closed1964
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Whitehaven, Cleator
& Egremont Railway
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Bridgefoot
Harrington
Parton Halt
Branthwaite
Distington
Distington Works
Ullock
Parton
Lamplugh
Rowrah
Whitehaven
Summit
Winder
Whitehaven Tunnel
Yeathouse
Corkickle
Eskett
Mirehouse Junction
Eskett Junction
Moor Row
Frizington
St Bees
Cleator Moor West
Cleator Moor East
St Bees Golf Halt
Cleator Moor
(first)
Woodend
Gillfoot
Egremont
Nethertown
St Thomas Cross
Platform
Beckermet Mines
Braystones
Beckermet
Sellafield

The Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway was an English railway company which built and operated a standard gauge railway in Cumberland, England intended to open up the hematite orefield to the south-east of Whitehaven. It opened for goods traffic in 1855 and for passenger traffic in 1857.