Cumwhinton railway station explained

Cumwhinton railway station
Status:Disused
Country:England
Coordinates:54.8698°N -2.852°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Midland Railway
Postgroup:London Midland and Scottish Railway
Years:1 May 1876
Events:Station opened
Years1:5 November 1956
Events1:Station closed
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Designation1:UK Grade II
Designation1 Date:9 March 1984
Designation1 Number:1335564

Cumwhinton railway station was a railway station serving the village of Cumwhinton in Cumbria, England. The station was located on the Settle and Carlisle Line and was closed in 1956. The station is still intact, including platforms, and the station buildings are now grade II listed structures.

History

The station was designed by John Holloway Sanders, who designed many of the other stations on the Settle–Carlisle line.[1] It was listed as being a small (or minor) station in the original Midland Railway plans. It was opened with the rest of the on the initial opening of the line in May 1876 and had its station buildings on the down line (towards). The station is south east of Carlisle[2] and north of railway station in London, via and .[3] The station was afforded a three-road goods shed on the down side[4] and a signal box just north of the station which closed in 1957.

The main station building is made of red sandstone with a slate roof, is privately owned & occupied and is now a grade II listed structure. Additionally, the Midland Railway provided four railway cottages for workers besides the traditional stationmaster's house.

There have been petitions and public appeals to re-open the station to passenger traffic.[5]

Stationmasters

The first station master John Lambert was arrested in 1877 on a charge of conspiring with Edwin Westerman, superintendent of the permanent way, Thomas Errick, inspector of the permanent way, and George Mason Tickle, brick manufacturer, in the theft of 4,000 bricks, the property of the Midland Railway Company.[6] The case was heard at the Manchester Assizes before Mr. Justice Lush. John Lambert was allowed by the Midland Railway to combine his position as stationmaster at Cumwhinton with that of coal merchant. The charge against him was that instead of sending his coal by the money-earning trains of the company, he sent them by the ballast train, which earned the railway company no revenue.[7] The jury found that the station master, who had been guilty of irregularities, had not they thought committed a punishable offence and he was discharged.[8]

References

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Notes and References

  1. News: Notes by the Way . The Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald . British Newspaper Archive . 1 November 1884 . 23 August 2019 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription.
  2. Book: Padgett . David . Szwenk . John . Bridge . Mike . Railway track diagrams. book 4, Midlands & North West . 2013 . Trackmaps . Bradford on Avon . 978-0-9549866-7-4 . 3. 34C.
  3. Book: Jackson . Allen . Midland Railway Stations. . 2018 . Amberley . Stroud . 978-1-4456-8043-9 . 13.
  4. Book: Jenkinson . D . Rails in the Fells : a railway case study : an account of the origins, characteristics, and contribution of a railway to the landscape, together with an attempt to evaluate its past and present influence on the area through which it passes . 1980 . Peco . Beer, Devon . 0900586532 . 114 . 2.
  5. Book: Jackson . Allen . Contemporary Perspective on LMS Railway Signalling Vol 1 . 2015 . Amberley . Stroud . 978-1-78500-026-3 . 62.
  6. News: . The Great Railway Frauds. Craven Herald . England . 6 October 1877 . 15 March 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
  7. News: . The Frauds on the Midland Railway . Penrith Observer . England . 20 November 1877 . 15 March 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
  8. News: . The Midland Railway Frauds. Shields Daily Gazette . England . 17 November 1877 . 15 March 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
  9. . 1871 . 1871-1879 Coaching . Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts . 731 . 13 March 2021.
  10. . 1881 . 1881-1898 Coaching . Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts . 31 . 20 February 2021.
  11. News: . Midland Staff Promotions . Sheffield Daily Telegraph . England . 28 January 1915 . 13 March 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
  12. News: . Willaston Stationmaster's Appointment . Nantwich Chronicle . England . 18 August 1945 . 13 March 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .

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