| Crosby Garrett railway station | |
| Status: | Disused |
| Borough: | Crosby Garrett, Eden |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 54.4825°N -2.4245°W |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Platforms: | 2 |
| Original: | Midland Railway |
| Postgroup: | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Years: | 1 May 1876 |
| Events: | Opened |
| Years2: | 6 October 1952 |
| Events2: | Closed |
Crosby Garrett was a railway station whichserved the village of Crosby Garrett in Cumbria, England. It was situated on the Settle-Carlisle Line NaNmiles south of Carlisle. The station was built by the Midland Railway and opened in 1876. It was closed by the British Transport Commission as an economy measure in 1952.[1]
The station platforms were set into the cutting needing substantial protective retaining walls, as can be seen in the adjacent photographs. The station master's house still exists as a private dwelling near the overbridge, whilst the overgrown platforms have also survived and can be seen from passing trains. The nearby Crosby Garrett Tunnel is in length.[2] The Crosby Garrett viaduct near the edge of the village has six arches, and is high and long.[3]
On 15 January 1999 at circa 19:50, the 17:12 Northern Spirit passenger train from to collided with a landslip at Crosby Garrett tunnel and derailed, blocking the adjacent line. The driver, aware that another train was approaching on this line, followed laid down procedures and was able to warn the oncoming English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (EW&SR) coal train by using a warning light and placing a track detonator. The freight train driver slowed his train but was not able to prevent it running into the derailed passenger train, which was consequently pushed back about 90m (300feet) into the tunnel. The train crew required hospital treatment but none of the 22 passengers were injured. The passengers were taken to the nearby village and were assisted by the villagers, resulting in a donation being made to the community by Northern Spirit.[4] [5]
The following photographs are taken from an old scrapbook kept by the wife of David Reynolds, station master at Crosby Garrett from about 1900 to about 1925. The photos were taken about 1910. Top photo: the men in the photo may be David Reynolds, station master, and his son John, a porter. Bottom photo: The second man from the left in the front line is station master David Reynolds. The second man from the right is his son John Reynolds, a station porter. Based on the 1911 census of Crosby Garrett, other men in the photo may be Robert Balmer, foreman, Amos Whitaker, John Lawson or Tom Sismey, signalmen, and James Haygarth, Alfred Johnson, John W. Richardson, Thomas Davison, or Christopher Thomas Foster, plate layers.