Английская Википедия:Beckermet railway station

Материал из Онлайн справочника
Перейти к навигацииПерейти к поиску

Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox stationШаблон:Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway RDT

Beckermet railway station is a disused rail station located in the village of Beckermet in Cumbria.

Tracks were laid southwards from Whitehaven and Moor Row as far as Egremont by the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway, opening to passengers on 1 July 1857.

By the 1860s, the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway company sought to extend southwards from Egremont to meet the coastal line at Шаблон:Rws, aiming for Millom, Barrow-in-Furness and beyond. The Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway company opposed this, so the two companies came to an accommodation and built the Egremont to Sellafield extension as a joint line. Beckermet was the sole intermediate passenger station on the extension.

The station was on the western edge of the village in Cumbria, England.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

History

Шаблон:Unreferenced section The line to Egremont was one of the fruits of the rapid industrialisation of West Cumberland in the second half of the nineteenth century, opening to passengers on 1 July 1857. Egremont remained as the railway's southern terminus until 1869 when the company, in partnership with the Furness Railway, built a southern extension from Egremont to the coast line at Шаблон:Rws, with an intermediate station at Beckermet. This enabled traffic from the Cleator Moor and Rowrah areas, especially iron ore, to move much more readily southwards.

Services

In 1922 five northbound passenger trains left Beckermet, two connected with trains to Шаблон:Rws at Шаблон:Rws, all the others continued there without a change. A Saturdays Only evening train terminated at Moor Row. The southbound service was similar. There were no Sunday trains.Шаблон:Sfn

The LNWR and Furness Joint Railway divided traffic responsibilities so that passenger traffic through the station was usually worked by the Furness Railway.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Goods traffic was typical of an industrial area, sustaining sidings and goods depots long after passenger services were withdrawn.Шаблон:Sfn

Mineral traffic was the dominant flow, though this was subject to considerable fluctuation with trade cycles. A considerable amount of iron ore travelled south through Beckermet bound for the furnaces of Millom and Barrow-in-Furness.

Stations and signalling along the line south of Rowrah were changed during the Joint regime to conform to Furness Railway standards.[1]

Rundown and closure

The station closed on 7 January 1935 when normal passenger traffic ended along the line.

Life flickered briefly in Spring 1940 when workmen's trains were reinstated to support a period of high activity building the Royal Ordnance Factory at Drigg, but that lasted less than a month.Шаблон:Sfn

A public Sellafield-Egremont-Beckermet-Moor Row-Whitehaven service was reinstated on 6 May 1946, only to be "suspended" on 16 June 1947, a victim of the post-war fuel crisis. Bradshaw still listed the service as Suspended in 1949.Шаблон:Sfn It was never reinstated.Шаблон:Sfn

Workmen's trains to Sellafield ended on 6 September 1965.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Remarkably, a wholly new unadvertised passenger service started in September 1964, conveying pupils to Wyndham School in Egremont from Шаблон:Rws in the morning then home after school. Initially this comprised eight steam-hauled carriages, ending typically formed of a pair of Derby Lightweight 2-car units. Sources differ on when this service ended:- 3 March 1969Шаблон:Sfn or 11 December 1969.Шаблон:Sfn Sources are silent on whether this called at Beckermet or passed straight through.

Шаблон:Disused Rail Start Шаблон:Rail line Шаблон:S-end

See also

Шаблон:Portal

References

Шаблон:Reflist

Sources

Further reading

External links

Шаблон:Closed stations Cumbria

Партнерские ресурсы
Криптовалюты
Магазины
Хостинг
Разное

  1. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
Источник — http://wikihandbk.com/ruwiki/index.php?title=Английская_Википедия:Beckermet_railway_station&oldid=13446496