Curthwaite railway station

Curthwaite railway station
The old station building and watertower
Location
Place	Thursby
Area	Allerdale
Coordinates	54°50′01″N 3°03′03″W / 54.833525°N 3.050802°W / 54.833525; -3.050802Coordinates: 54°50′01″N 3°03′03″W / 54.833525°N 3.050802°W / 54.833525; -3.050802
Grid reference	NY3260149250
Operations
Original company	Maryport & Carlisle Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
10 May 1843	Opened
12 June 1950	Station closed to all traffic
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The old water tower.

Curthwaite was a railway station on the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&CR) serving West Curthwaite and Thursby in Cumbria. The station was opened by the M&CR in 1843 and lay in the Parish of Westward.^[1]

History

Curthwaite station was opened by the Maryport & Carlisle Railway in 1843.^[2] At grouping in 1923 the M&CR became a part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. It was closed by the British Transport Commission in 1950 (as an economy measure), two years after the railway system was nationalised.

The main Carlisle-Maryport line (completed in 1845) remains open and forms part of the Cumbrian Coast Line between Carlisle and Barrow in Furness.

The station had two through platforms, with a station building that survives as a private house and also a water tower that survives and is now a listed building.^[3] The platforms have been demolished.

References

Notes

↑ "Old Cumbria Gazetteer". Portsmouth University. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
↑ Quick 2009, p. 142.
↑ Historic England. "Curthwaite water tower (Grade II) (1326860)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

Sources

Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

Further reading

Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Dalston Line and station open		Maryport & Carlisle Railway Maryport and Carlisle Railway		Wigton Line and station open

Closed railway stations in Cumbria

Waverley Route	Kershope Foot Nook Pasture Penton Riddings Junction Scotch Dyke Longtown Gretna (Border Union) Lyneside Harker Parkhouse Halt

Caledonian Main Line	Gretna (Caledonian) Floriston Rockcliffe

Solway Junction Railway	Bowness Whitrigg Bromfield (Cumbria)

Port Carlisle Dock and Railway	Port Carlisle Glasson Drumburgh Burgh-by-Sands Kirkandrews Port Carlisle Junction Carlisle Canal

Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway	New Dykes Brow Kirkbride Sleightholme Abbey Junction Abbey Town Black Dyke Halt Causewayhead Silloth Cumberland and Westmorland Convalescent Institution Silloth Battery Extension

Maryport and Carlisle Railway	Carlisle Crown Street Carlisle Bogfield Cummersdale Curthwaite Micklethwaite Brookfield (Cumbria) Leegate Low Row Brayton High Blaithwaite Mealsgate Allhallows Colliery Baggrow Arkleby Bullgill Dearham Bridge Dearham Linefoot Dovenby Lodge Papcastle

Newcastle and Carlisle Railway	Carlisle Canal Street Carlisle London Road Scotby Heads Nook How Mill Brampton Fell Brampton Town Naworth Low Row

Lancaster and Carlisle Railway	Brisco Wreay Southwaite Calthwaite Plumpton (Cumbria) Clifton and Lowther Shap Tebay Low Gill Grayrigg Milnthorpe Burton and Holme

Ingleton Branch Line	Low Gill Sedbergh Middleton-on-Lune Barbon

Eden Valley Railway	Clifton Moor Cliburn Temple Sowerby Kirkby Thore Appleby East Warcop Musgrave

South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway	Gaisgill Ravenstonedale Smardale Barras

Settle-Carlisle Line	Scotby Cumwhinton Cotehill Little Salkeld Culgaith New Biggin Long Marton Ormside Crosby Garrett

Cleator and Workington Junction Railway	Great Broughton Camerton Colliery Halt Buckhill Colliery Halt Seaton (Cumbria) Workington Central High Harrington Distington Oatlands Arlecdon Moresby Parks Moresby Junction Halt Keekle Colliers' Platform Cleator Moor West

Harrington and Lowca Light Railway Gilgarran Branch	Harrington (Church Road) Halt Rosehill (Archer Street) Halt Rose Hill Platform Copperas Hill Micklam Lowca Parton Halt

Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway	Marron Junction Bridgefoot Branthwaite Ullock Lamplugh Rowrah Winder Yeathouse Eskett Frizington Cleator Moor East Cleator Moor Moor Row Woodend Gillfoot Egremont (Cumbria) St Thomas Cross Platform Beckermet Mines Beckermet

Whitehaven Junction Railway Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway Furness Railway	Siddick Junction Workington North Newtown (Cumbria) Eskmeals Whitbeck Crossing Kirksanton Crossing Under Hill Dunnerholme Gate Furness Abbey Barrow (Strand) Barrow (Rabbit Hill) Island Road Barrow (Ramsden Dock) Rampside Piel Lindal Ulverston Road

Cockermouth and Workington Railway	Workington Bridge Camerton (LNWR) Broughton Cross Brigham Cockermouth (C&W)

Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway	Cockermouth Embleton Bassenthwaite Lake Braithwaite Keswick Threlkeld Troutbeck Penruddock Blencow

Coniston Railway	Coniston Torver Woodland Broughton-in-Furness

Other	North Lonsdale Crossing Conishead Priory Newby Bridge Greenodd Boot Sandside Moss Bay Cart Siding

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