Beckermet | |
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 Beckermet railway station, 1961 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Beckermet, Cumbria, Copeland England |
| Coordinates | 54°26′42″N 3°31′11″W / 54.4450°N 3.5198°W |
| Grid reference | NY015065 |
| Platforms | 2[1][2][3][4] |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | LNWR & FR Joint Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 2 August 1869 | Opened |
| 7 January 1935 | Closed to passengers |
| 11 March 1940 | Reopened to workmen's trains[5] |
| 8 April 1940 | Closed |
| 6 May 1946 | Reopened |
| 16 June 1947 | Closed[6] |
| 1953 | Reopened for workmen's trains to Sellafield |
| 6 September 1965 | Workmen's trains ended[7] |
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Beckermet railway station is a disused rail station located in the village of Beckermet in Cumbria.
Tracks were laid southwards from Whitehaven and Moor Row as far as Egremont by the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway, opening to passengers on 1 July 1857.
By the 1860s, the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway company sought to extend southwards from Egremont to meet the coastal line at Sellafield, aiming for Millom, Barrow-in-Furness and beyond. The Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway company opposed this, so the two companies came to an accommodation and built the Egremont to Sellafield extension as a joint line. Beckermet was the sole intermediate passenger station on the extension.
The station was on the western edge of the village in Cumbria, England.[8][9]
- ^ Robinson 2002, p. 39.
- ^ Bairstow 1995, p. 33.
- ^ Webb 1964a, p. 787.
- ^ Davey 1984, p. 42.
- ^ Croughton, Kidner & Young 1982, p. 142.
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 90.
- ^ Quayle 2007, p. 87.
- ^ Smith & Turner 2012, Map 26.
- ^ Jowett 1989, Map 36.