Harrington (Church Road Halt) railway station

Harrington
General information
LocationHarrington, Cumbria, Allerdale
England
Coordinates54°36′55″N 3°33′26″W / 54.6154°N 3.5573°W / 54.6154; -3.5573
Grid referenceNX995255
Platforms1[1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCleator and Workington Junction Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
November 1913Opened[2]
31 May 1926Advertised passenger service ended[3]
1 April 1929Workmen's service ended, halt closed[4]
A 1914 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing the complex network which existed in the Workington area

Harrington railway station, or Church Road halt, was a railway station in Harrington, Cumbria, England. It was opened by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR) on the company's Harrington Branch which connected with the Lowca Light Railway at Rosehill to provide a through route from Lowca to Workington Central and beyond.[5][6][7]

Official, authoritative and regional sources variously refer to the halt as Harrington (Church Road Halt), Harrington Church Road, Church Road Halt and simply Church Road.

Sources agree when the halt closed, but differ on when it opened. One authoritative source gives the opening as November 1913,[4] whilst a key source with local knowledge gives both 1918[2] and November 1913 as the date the halt first appeared on the timetable.[8] A later writer says the halt was in use by September 1913.[9]

  1. ^ McGowan Gradon 2004, p. 63.
  2. ^ a b McGowan Gradon 2004, p. 28.
  3. ^ McGowan Gradon 2004, p. 59.
  4. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 114.
  5. ^ Smith & Turner 2012, Map 26.
  6. ^ Anderson 2002, p. 309 (as a Church Road.
  7. ^ Jowett 1989, Map 36.
  8. ^ McGowan Gradon 2004, p. 68.
  9. ^ Andrews 2001, p. 23.