Woodend railway station

This article is about a former station in Cumbria, England. For the station in Woodend, Victoria, Australia, see Woodend railway station, Victoria.

Woodend for Cleator and Bigrigg
General information
LocationWoodend, Egremont, Cumbria, Copeland
England
Coordinates54°30′07″N 3°31′51″W / 54.5020°N 3.5308°W / 54.5020; -3.5308
Grid referenceNY009129
Platforms2[1][2][3]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyWhitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway
Pre-groupingLNWR & FR Joint Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 March 1880Opened
7 January 1935Closed to passengers
11 March 1940Reopened to workmen's trains[4]
8 April 1940Closed
6 May 1946Reopened
16 June 1947Closed, but remained open for workmen's trains
7 November 1955Closed[5]
Location
Woodend for Cleator and Bigrigg is located in the former Borough of Copeland
Woodend for Cleator and Bigrigg
Woodend for Cleator and Bigrigg
Location in present-day Copeland Borough
Woodend for Cleator and Bigrigg is located in Cumbria
Woodend for Cleator and Bigrigg
Woodend for Cleator and Bigrigg
Location in present-day Cumbria

Woodend railway station (formally known as "Woodend for Cleator and Bigrigg") was planned by the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway on its Sellafield to Moor Row branch, but by the time the station opened the company had been bought out by the LNWR and Furness Railway who operated the line jointly until grouping in 1923.

The station was in the hamlet of Wood End and served the villages in its full name, in Cumbria, England.[6][7]

  1. ^ Bairstow 1995, p. 33.
  2. ^ Robinson 1985, p. 69.
  3. ^ Davey 1984, p. 43.
  4. ^ Croughton, Kidner & Young 1982, p. 142.
  5. ^ Butt 1995, p. 254.
  6. ^ Smith & Turner 2012, Map 26.
  7. ^ Jowett 1989, Map 36.