Английская Википедия:Burgh-by-Sands railway station
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox station Шаблон:Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway Burgh-by-Sands railway station was originally named Burgh (pronounced "Bruff"). It opened in 1854 on the Port Carlisle Railway branch and later the Silloth branch, serving the village of Burgh in Cumberland - now Cumbria - England.[1] The line and station closed on 7 September 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts.[2]
In 2014 the station building survived as a private dwelling.[3]
History
In 1819 a port was constructed at Port Carlisle and in 1821, the Carlisle Navigation Canal was built to take goods to Carlisle.Шаблон:Sfn The canal was closed in 1853Шаблон:Sfn and much of it was infilled by the Port Carlisle Railway Company who constructed a railway that started passenger services in 1854, discontinuing them two years later when the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company's (C&SBRDC) new railway to Silloth opened, utilising the Port Carlisle Branch as far as Drumburgh.[4] Opened as Burgh railway station, it was renamed Burgh-by-Sands in 1923.[3]
The North British Railway leased the line from 1862, it was absorbed by them in 1880, and then taken over by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.[4]
Infrastructure
The station sat close the village, reached by Station Road that branched off the mainstreet; it had a single platform, a shelter and a signal box. The branch ran close to the course of Hadrians Wall. A substantial station building was present, together with a station master's house.
Micro-history
In the 1930s a Walter Tait was the station master.
References
- Notes
Sources
External links
- Burgh-by-Sands station Cumbria Railways
- Sentinel at Burgh-by-SandsШаблон:Dead link Rail Brit
- The station and line Cumbria Gazetteer
- The station on an Edwardian 6" OS map National Library of Scotland
- The station Rail Maps Online
- The station (as "Burgh") and line, with mileages Railway Codes
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Шаблон:Closed stations Cumbria
- ↑ Solway Plain - Past and Present Шаблон:Webarchive Retrieved : 2012-08-21
- ↑ Cumbria Railways Retrieved : 2012-08-21
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Old Cumbria Gazetteer Retrieved : 2012-08-23
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Cumbria Railway Retrieved : 2012-08-21
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