Distington railway station was opened jointly by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR) and the LNWR and Furness Joint Railway (The Joint...
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main road through Distington is the A595. There was once a railway station at Distington on the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway which was an important...
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incident and was returned to traffic. Cleator Moor West - Moresby Parks - Distington - High Harrington - Workington Central (Route in Google Maps) Workington...
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Ullock railway station was built by the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway. It served the village of Ullock, Cumbria, England. The station opened...
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Central to Cleator Moor West main line at Rowrah Branch Junction south of Distington. The 6 miles 41 chains (10.5 km), single track branch opened for mineral...
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Lamplugh railway station was built by the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway. It served the scattered community of Lamplugh, Cumbria, England. The...
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Cleator Moor West main line at Rowrah Branch Junction south of Distington. The other station was Arlecdon at the branch's southern end. The 6 miles 41 chains...
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Workington railway station is a railway station serving the coastal town of Workington in Cumbria, England. It is on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs...
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Gilgarran Branch (category Railway lines opened in 1879)
CWJR's main line which also opened in 1879. The layout resulted in Distington station having five platform faces, which would turn out to be an immense...
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Distington and High Harrington, with balancing workings leaving Workington at 15:30 and 21:00. There were also trains using the Lowca Light Railway plying...
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list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following: Year of closure is given if known. Stations reopened as heritage railways continue to...
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Peascod, Michael (ed.). "Distington and the Gilgarran Branch Part 5". Cumbrian Railways. 13 (1). Pinner: Cumbrian Railways Association. ISSN 1466-6812...
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two Scotby railway stations situated in the village of Scotby, two miles outside of Carlisle, England. Both have closed. This railway station (54°53′21″N...
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Distington and High Harrington, with balancing workings leaving Workington at 15:30 and 21:00. There were also trains using the Lowca Light Railway plying...
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Millgrove railway station was a private station on the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR) main line from Moor Row to Workington Central. It...
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Distington and High Harrington, with balancing workings leaving Workington at 15:30 and 21:00. There were also trains using the Lowca Light Railway plying...
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Bridgefoot railway station was built by the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway. It served the village of Bridgefoot, Cumbria, England. The station opened...
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Distington and High Harrington, with balancing workings leaving Workington at 15:30 and 21:00. There were also trains using the Lowca Light Railway plying...
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Distington and High Harrington, with balancing workings leaving Workington at 15:30 and 21:00. There were also trains using the Lowca Light Railway plying...
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Tebay railway station was situated on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (L&CR) (part of the West Coast Main Line) between Lancaster and Penrith. It served...
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Harrington railway station, or Church Road halt, was a railway station in Harrington, Cumbria, England. It was opened by the Cleator and Workington Junction...
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Cumwhinton railway station was a railway station serving the village of Cumwhinton in Cumbria, England. The station was located on the Settle and Carlisle...
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Shap railway station served the village of Shap, Westmorland (now in Cumbria), England for over 120 years. The station was situated on the West Coast...
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Cumbrian Coast line (redirect from Whitehaven Junction Railway)
the seawall immediately north of Whitehaven station (the wall, the embankment behind it, and the railway track being completely destroyed for a length...
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Winder railway station was built by the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway. It served the village of Winder, Frizington, Cumbria, England. The line...
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New Biggin or Newbiggin was a railway station which served the village of Newbiggin near Kirkby Thore in Newbiggin parish, Cumbria, England. It was located...
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Branthwaite railway station was built by the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway. It served the village of Branthwaite, Cumbria, England. The station opened...
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Sedbergh railway station was in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, on the Ingleton Branch Line, about half a mile (1 km) west of Sedbergh, open to...
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Lindal railway station served Lindal-in-Furness in the Furness area of Lancashire, England (now part of Cumbria). Lindal station was situated west of...
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Micklam railway station served the fireclay mine and brickworks at Micklam, a short distance north of Lowca in the former county of Cumberland, England...
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