Английская Википедия:Bowness railway station
Шаблон:Distinguish Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox station Шаблон:Solway Junction Railway Bowness was a station which served Bowness-on-Solway, a village in Cumbria on the English side of the Solway Firth. The station opened on 8 August 1870 by the Caledonian Railway on a line constructed from the Caledonian Railway Main Line at Kirtlebridge across the Glasgow South Western Line, then forming the Solway Junction Railway over the Solway Viaduct to Brayton. The line opened for freight from 13 September 1869.
History
Bowness was opened by the Solway Junction Railway, then part of the Caledonian Railway The passenger service was never well patronised and reduced to being just one carriage at the front of an occasional goods train and in September 1917 this was suspended,Шаблон:Sfn but was reinstated in 1920.[1] Passenger services were finally withdrawn in 1921 and the line south of Annan over the Solway Viaduct was closed completely.
The station was only built as an afterthought following a petition from local people.Шаблон:Sfn It had two platforms, a signal box, cattle pens and an overbridge at the northern end. Old photographs show a carriage body on one platform as a shelter, etc.[2] In 1910 a watertank was located next to the overbridge and the platform beside the signal box had no buildings, not even a passenger shelter.Шаблон:Sfn In 1915 the signalbox was open from 4 am to 8:30 pm.
Disused, the station became the property of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923 until sold together with the viaduct.Шаблон:Sfn
Solway railway viaduct
Beyond Bowness station the railway ran along an embankment and then crossed the estuary of the Solway upon an iron girder viaduct, one mile 176 yards in length.[3] The local people's frustration at the delay in reopening the Solway Viaduct after it was damaged in 1881 is recorded in the newspapers of the day.Шаблон:Sfn
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Fate
The station house is now a private dwelling.[1]
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