Cockermouth and Workington Railway

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The Cockermouth and Workington Railway was founded by a resolution of the British Parliament in 1845 and began operating in 1847. The company operated a single-track line of 14 km between Cockermouth and Workington . The railway was supposed to bring coal from the pits in the west of what was then Cumberland to the seaport of Workington.

The railway had stations in the following places:

Workington Railway Station

Workington (Main) Railway Station

The Workington (Main) station is now the only station still in operation in Workington . The addition "Main" distinguished it from Workington (Central) station , which was on the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway .

Workington Bridge station

The Workington Bridge Station was a train station near the intersection of Cockermouth and Workington Railway with the routes of the Cumbrian Coast Line and the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway and the River Derwent in the town of Workington . The station was opened on April 27, 1847 and closed on January 1, 1951.

Camerton Railway Station

The Camerton station was on 28 April 1847 the local train station Camerton commissioned and closed on March 3 1,952th The station master's house is now a private residence. The remains of the railway bridge over the River Derwent can still be seen.

Broughton Cross Railway Station

The Broughton Cross Station was on April 28, 1847 Station of the municipality Broughton commissioned and closed on March 2 1,942th

Brigham Railway Station 1961

Brigham Railway Station

The Brigham station was on 28 April 1847 the station for the place Brigham taken in the Lake District in operating and closed on April 18, 1966th

Cockermouth Railway Station

The Cockermouth station of the Cockermouth and Workington Railway was opened on April 28, 1847 as the first station in Cockermouth . In Cockermouth, the line of the Cockermouth and Workington Railway later met the line of the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway and there were two stations in Cockermouth. The Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway took over the Cockermouth and Workington Railway and its line in 1866 and converted their station in Cockermouth into a freight yard.

The stretch of the railway line has almost completely disappeared under a road (A 66) today.

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  • Harold D. Bowtell, Rails through Lakeland: An Illustrated Journey of the Workington-Cockermouth-Keswick-Penrith Railway 1847-1972. Wyre, Lancashire: Silverling Publishing Ltd., 1989. ISBN 0-947971-26-2