Camerton railway station (Cumberland) explained

Camerton railway station (Cumberland) should not be confused with Camerton Colliery Halt railway station.

Camerton
Status:Disused
Borough:Camerton, Allerdale
Country:England
Coordinates:54.6604°N -3.4949°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Cockermouth and Workington Railway
Pregroup:London and North Western Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Years:28 April 1847
Events:Opened
Years1:3 March 1952
Events1:Closed to passengers
Years2:18 April 1966
Events2:Closed completely

Camerton railway station was situated next to the River Derwent on the Cockermouth and Workington Railway. It served the village of Camerton, Cumberland (now Cumbria), England.

History

The station opened on 28 April 1847. It closed to regular passenger traffic on 3 March 1952, closing completely when the line closed on 18 April 1966.

In later years the by then DMU-operated 09:52 westbound from Carlisle (10:20 from Penrith) made a regular unadvertised Fridays Only call at the station, though there was no balancing call.

Industry

Camerton Colliery and Camerton Fireclay mine and associated brickworks were served by sidings which curved northwards off the through lines a short distance east of the station. Coal workings appear to have petered out in the 1930s, but the brickworks was a successful concern, with firebricks being a key requirement of Workington's furnaces. From 1939 the Admiralty established RNAD Broughton Moor on the CWJR's line north east of Camerton. A lesser-known ancillary of this was using the fireclay workings at Camerton as an ammunition store. This appears to have petered out in the 1950s, though Broughton Moor arms depot lasted until 1992.

Afterlife

By 2015 the station site was surrounded by nature.

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