Workington Central railway station

Workington Central
Workington Central in 1951
General information
Location	Workington, Cumberland England
Coordinates	54°38′34″N 3°32′50″W / 54.6428°N 3.5472°W / 54.6428; -3.5472
Grid reference	NY002286
Platforms	2[1][2][3][4] plus bay[5]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Cleator and Workington Junction Railway
Key dates
1 October 1879	Opened as Workington
10 July 1880	Renamed Workington Central
13 April 1931	Closed to passengers[6]
4 May 1964	Closed to goods[7]
26 September 1965	Line through station closed[8]
Location Workington Central Location in present-day Allerdale, Cumbria Show map of the former Allerdale Borough Workington Central Location in present-day Cumbria, England Show map of Cumbria

v t e Railway stations in Workington
Legend
Cumbrian Coast line to Carlisle Cleator and Workington Junction Railway to Linefoot Siddick Junction Workington North Cockermouth and Workington Railway to Cockermouth Workington Bridge Steel Works Derwent Junction River Derwent Cloffocks Junction Workington Workington Central Cumbrian Coast line to Whitehaven Cleator and Workington Junction Railway to Distington

v t e Cleator & Workington Junction Rly
Legend
Key open line C&WJR lines (all closed) other closed lines Maryport & Carlisle Rly to Carlisle Solway Junction Railway to Annan via Solway Viaduct Linefoot Linefoot Junction Maryport & Carlisle Rly to Papcastle Summit Great Broughton RNAD Broughton Moor Buckhill Colliery Halt Maryport & Carlisle Rly to Carlisle Camerton Colliery Halt Siddick Junction Seaton Siddick Junction Calva Junction Workington North Cockermouth and Workington Railway Cockermouth and Workington Railway Marron Junction Workington Main Workington Central Bridgefoot Derwent Ironworks Whitehaven, Cleator & Egremont Railway   Moss Bay (north) Ironworks (south)   Harrington Junction to Whitehaven Harrington (Church Road Halt) Rosehill (Archer Street Halt) High Harrington Lowca Light Railway to Lowca to Parton Distington Gilgarran Branch Oatlands Whitehaven, Cleator & Egremont Railway Millgrove ironworks Moresby Parks Summit Rowrah and Kelton Fell Railway Moresby Junction Halt quarry Summit Rowrah Arlecdon Keekle Colliers' Platform Keekle Viaduct mine Cleator Moor West Cleator Moor East Cleator Moor Junction Moor Row Junction to Sellafield Moor Row to Whitehaven via Corkickle

Workington Central railway station was opened by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR) in 1879 to serve the town of Workington in Cumberland (now in Cumbria), England. It was situated almost half a mile nearer the town centre than its rival Workington station.^[9][10][11]