Cleator Moor railway station
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Cleator Moor | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Cleator Moor, Cumberland England | ||||
| Coordinates | 54°31′24″N 3°31′13″W / 54.5232°N 3.5203°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NY016152 | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | LNWR & FR Joint Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
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| 1 July 1857 | Opened[1] | ||||
| 1866 | Closed to passengers, new station 600 yards west[2] | ||||
| 1960s | Closed completely | ||||
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The original Cleator Moor railway station was built by the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway. It served the rapidly urbanising town of Cleator Moor, Cumbria, England.[3][4]
The line was one of the fruits of the rapid industrialisation of West Cumberland in the second half of the nineteenth century. The station opened to passengers on 1 July 1857 on the line being developed from Moor Row to Rowrah.
Subsidence led the company to build a deviation line which curved round the west side of the station and the growing settlement, in a similar manner to what it was forced to do at Eskett a few miles to the east. They built a passenger station on the deviation line which would go on to be called Cleator Moor East.
When the deviation line - known locally as the Bowthorn Line - and station opened in 1866 the original station was closed to passengers and became "Cleator Moor Goods Depot", with its line known locally as the Crossfield Loop.[5] It remained open for goods traffic until the 1960s.[6][7][8]
Afterlife
Satellite images suggest the station site is Public Open Space. By 2008 the trackbed had been transformed into part of National Cycle Route 71.[9]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Frizington Line and station closed |
Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway | Moor Row Line and station closed | ||
