Английская Википедия:Cumberland and Westmorland Convalescent Institution railway station

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox station Шаблон:Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway Cumberland and Westmorland Convalescent Institution railway station was a terminus off the short Blitterlees Branch off the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway, within Silloth itself.Шаблон:Sfn The larger railway ran from Carlisle, England. The station does not appear on standard railway maps,Шаблон:Sfn but it can be discerned with a magnifying glass on at least two published mapsШаблон:Sfn and clearest of all on the 1914 25" OS map.[1]

The station's sole purpose was to serve the convalescent home of the same name. Although this was the home's formal title, it was widely referred to as "Silloth Convalescent Home", as was the station. The station never appeared in public timetables.Шаблон:Sfn

"Invalid Trains" to the station were run on an ad hoc basis, though for many years they commonly ran on Thursdays around 15:00, preceded by a shunter or a guard on foot, as the line to the station was a siding without signals or fencing.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

The unstaffed station was minimalist, consisting of a single wooden platform next to the single track.

The home and station opened in 1862. One source states that the station is believed to have closed around 1928, whilst another, with local knowledge, refers to it as both mentioned in the 1937 Sectional Appendix and "open during the Second World War".Шаблон:Sfn In 2015 the home was still operating.[2]

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