Rosehill (Archer Street Halt) railway station

Rosehill (Archer Street Halt)
General information
LocationRose Hill, Harrington, Cumbria, Allerdale
England
Coordinates54°36′35″N 3°33′52″W / 54.6098°N 3.5645°W / 54.6098; -3.5645
Grid referenceNX990249
Platforms1[1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCleator and Workington Junction Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 June 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

Rosehill (Archer Street Halt) railway station was opened by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR) on the company's Harrington Branch which connected with the Lowca Light Railway (LLR) 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 Rosehill (Archer Street Halt), Rosehill, Rose Hill and simply Archer Street. Sources also refer inconsistently to this halt and the nearby unadvertised platform at the top of Rosehill (Rose Hill) as Rose Hill, Rosehill, Rose Hill Platform and Rose Hill Junction. Some sources imply that there was only ever one halt at Rose Hill, that being at Archer Street.

Sources agree that the halt opened when the line was opened to advertised trains on 2 June 1913, though they remain silent whether unadvertised workmen's trains ran before then. All agree that the halt closed to advertised passenger trains on 31 May 1926 and to closed completely when unadvertised workmen's trains were withdrawn on 1 April 1929.

  1. ^ McGowan Gradon 2004, p. 63.
  2. ^ McGowan Gradon 2004, p. 28.
  3. ^ McGowan Gradon 2004, p. 59.
  4. ^ Butt 1995, p. 199.
  5. ^ Smith & Turner 2012, Map 26.
  6. ^ Anderson 2002, p. 309 (as b Archer Street.
  7. ^ Jowett 1989, Map 36, as Rosehill.