Copperas Hill railway station

Copperas Hill
The site of the station in 2002
General information
Location	Copperas Hill, near Harrington, Cumbria, Copeland England
Coordinates	54°36′15″N 3°34′08″W / 54.6042°N 3.5688°W / 54.6042; -3.5688
Grid reference	NX987243
Platforms	1[1]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lowca Light Railway
Post-grouping	Lowca Light Railway
Key dates
15 April 1912	Workmen's service commenced
2 June 1913	Public passenger service[2]
September 1921	Last appeared in Bradshaw
1 April 1929	Workmen's service ended[3]

v t e Lowca Light Railway and Gilgarran Branch
Legend
Key open line Gilgarran Branch Lowca Light Railway other closed lines
Cumbrian Coast line to Maryport Maryport & Carlisle Rly to Dearham Flimby Linefoot Siddick Junction Linefoot Junction Cleator and Workington Junction Railway Great Broughton St Helens Colliery Maryport & Carlisle Rly to Brigham Dock Junction Seaton Dock Calva Junction Derwent Junction Cloffocks Junction to Marron Junction Workington Main Workington Central Solway Colliery Derwent Ironworks   Moss Bay   (north) Moss Bay Cart Siding Ironworks   (south)   Harrington Junction Harrington (Church Road Halt) High Harrington Harrington Rosehill (Archer Street Halt) Harrington Harbour Rose Hill Platform Rose Hill Junction Copperas Hill Whitehaven, Cleator & Egremont Rly to Rowrah Micklam Ullock Lowca Distington Junction to Marron Junction Distington Wythemoor Colliery Bain's Siding Distington Ironworks United Steel Companies Workmen's Halt Parton Halt Oatlands Cleator & Workington Jn Rly to Rowrah Parton Cumbrian Coast line to Whitehaven Cleator & Workington Jn Rly to Cleator Moor West
1972
Key open line Gilgarran Branch Lowca Light Railway other closed lines closed & lifted lines
Cumbrian Coast line to Maryport Flimby formerly to Dearham Siddick Junction Linefoot Junction RNAD Broughton Moor St Helens Colliery formerly to Brigham Dock Junction Seaton Dock Calva Junction Derwent Junction Cloffocks Junction formerly to Marron Junction Workington Main Workington Central Solway Colliery Derwent Ironworks   Moss Bay   (north) Moss Bay Cart Siding Ironworks   (south)   Harrington Junction Harrington (Church Road Halt) High Harrington Harrington Rosehill (Archer Street Halt) Harrington Harbour Rose Hill Platform Rose Hill Junction Copperas Hill formerly to Rowrah Micklam Ullock Lowca Distington Junction formerly to Marron Junction Distington Wythemoor Colliery Bain's Siding Distington Ironworks United Steel Companies Workmen's Halt Parton Halt Oatlands formerly to Rowrah Parton Cumbrian Coast line to Whitehaven formerly to Cleator Moor West

Copperas Hill railway station served the small clifftop community of Copperas Hill, south of Harrington in the former county of Cumberland, England, which is now part of Cumbria.

A public passenger service called at the station between 2 June 1913 and September 1921, though unadvertised workmen's trains had started in April 1912 and continued until April 1929, after which all forms of passenger service ceased.

By 1922 the service had settled down to three trains each way between Lowca and Workington Central, though, surprisingly in that age, trains had stopped calling at Copperas Hill in September 1921. There never was a public Sunday service.^[4]

The station was on the Harrington and Lowca Light Railway which connected with the Cleator & Workington Junction Railway (CWJR) at Rosehill Junction a short distance north of Copperas Hill and south of Harrington Village. Workmen's services to and from Copperas Hill variously ran from Moss Bay Cart Siding, Maryport (during the First World War), Workington Central and Seaton (Cumbria). Public passenger trains ran to these last two only.