Cleator Moor railway station explained

Cleator Moor
Status:Disused
Borough:Cleator Moor, Copeland
Country:England
Coordinates:54.5232°N -3.5203°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway
Pregroup:LNWR & FR Joint Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Years:1 July 1857
Events:Opened
Years1:1866
Events1:Closed to passengers, new station 600 yards west
Years2:1960s
Events2:Closed completely
Map Type:United Kingdom Copeland#Cumbria

The original Cleator Moor railway station was built by the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway. It served the rapidly urbanising town of Cleator Moor, Cumbria, England.

History

The line was one of the fruits of the rapid industrialisation of West Cumberland in the second half of the nineteenth century. The station opened to passengers on 1 July 1857 on the line being developed from Moor Row to Rowrah.

Subsidence led the company to build a deviation line which curved round the west side of the station and the growing settlement, in a similar manner to what it was forced to do at Eskett a few miles to the east. They built a passenger station on the deviation line which would go on to be called Cleator Moor East.

When the deviation line - known locally as the Bowthorn Line - and station opened in 1866 the original station was closed to passengers and became "Cleator Moor Goods Depot", with its line known locally as the Crossfield Loop. It remained open for goods traffic until the 1960s.

Afterlife

Satellite images suggest the station site is Public Open Space. By 2008 the trackbed had been transformed into part of National Cycle Route 71.

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