Ramsden Dock railway station explained

Ramsden Dock
Status:Disused
Borough:Barrow-in-Furness, South Lakeland
Country:England
Coordinates:54.0954°N -3.2279°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Furness Railway
Pregroup:Furness Railway
Postgroup:London Midland and Scottish Railway
Years:1 June 1881
Events:Station opened as Ramsden Dock
Years1:1 June 1882
Events1:Renamed Barrow Ramsden Dock
Years2:April 1915
Events2:Last train
Years3:8 December 1937
Events3:Officially closed

Ramsden Dock railway station (also known as Barrow Island and officially as Barrow Ramsden Dock) was the terminus of the Furness Railway's Ramsden Dock Branch in Barrow-in-Furness, England.

The station operated between 1881 and 1915.[1] Located at the southern tip of Barrow Island alongside Ramsden Dock it primarily served the adjacent Walney Channel passenger ferry terminal.[2] It was accessible by Ramsden Dock Road and the Barrow-in-Furness Tramway.

The station building was demolished in the 1940s, while the rail line leading to it was completely removed in the 1990s. No evidence of either remain and a windfarm operations centre has been built on the site.

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  1. Web site: Ramsden Dock Station. Old Cumbria Gazetteer. 13 February 2015.
  2. Web site: Go Anywhere On a Boat From Barrow. North West Evening Mail. 13 February 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150112185109/http://www.nwemail.co.uk/memories/go-anywhere-on-a-boat-from-barrow-1.116441?referrerPath=home%2F2.4856. 12 January 2015. dmy-all.