Cockermouth railway station
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England
Cockermouth | |||||
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 View from locomotive cab on approach to Cockermouth station in 1953 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Cockermouth, Cumberland England | ||||
| Coordinates | 54°39′36″N 3°21′54″W / 54.660°N 3.365°W | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 2 January 1865 | Opened (Replacing older station) | ||||
| 18 April 1966 | Closed[1] | ||||
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Cockermouth railway station was the western terminus of the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway; it served the town of Cockermouth, Cumbria, England.
The station opened to passenger traffic on 2 January 1865 and closed on 18 April 1966. The station was the second to be built in the town. The original Cockermouth & Workington Railway station closed to passengers when the CK&PR station opened on an altered alignment, though it remained in use as a goods station until 1964.[2]
The latter station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.[2]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Terminus | Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway | Embleton | ||
| Terminus | Brigham | |||
The site today
All traces of the station are now gone, as the site is now occupied by the Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Base and the Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service.[2]
Running down the left hand side of the Fire Service building is the old trackbed, now a public walkway; many original bridges and features survive to this day.
A 1904 Railway Clearing House junction diagram, showing railways in the vicinity of the station to the right
The site of the former Cockermouth station in 1986
