Marron Junction | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Bridgefoot, Allerdale England |
| Coordinates | 54°39′26″N 3°27′56″W / 54.6573°N 3.4656°W |
| Grid reference | NY055301 |
| Platforms | 3[1] |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Cockermouth & Workington Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 2 April 1866 | Opened |
| 1 July 1897 | Closed to regular passenger traffic |
| after 1923 | Closed completely[2][3] |
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Marron Junction railway station was a later addition to the Cockermouth and Workington Railway. It opened on 2 April 1866 with a single, eastbound, platform when the adjacent Marron Junction opened, two months before the company was absorbed by the London and North Western Railway.
In 1874 an island platform was added to the south of the main east–west line, opposite the single eastbound platform. giving three platform faces.[1]
- ^ a b Bowtell 1996, p. 32.
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 155.
- ^ Quick 2009, p. 268.