Cockermouth Railway Station

Cockermouth joined the Cockermouth and Workington Railway in 1847 , which built the first station . The company was taken over in 1866 by the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway . In 1865/1866, Cockermouth therefore had two passenger stations for the two companies, until the older station became a freight station after they were merged. Cockermouth Railway Station was closed on April 18, 1966 and later demolished. The English singing duo Flanders and Swann included the Cockermouth station in their 1963 Slow Train title as one of many stations whose closure they lament in this title.

Today the Cockermouth Mountain Rescue building and the headquarters of the Cumbrian Fire Service are located on the site of the train station.

literature

• RVJ Butt, The Directory Of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1995. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7 .
• British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas And Gazetteer, Ian Allan Publishing, 1958/1997. ISBN 978-0-7110-0320-0 .
• Martin Bairstow, Railways In The Lake District, 1985. ISBN 978-1-871944-11-2 .

Coordinates: 54 ° 39 '36 "  N , 3 ° 21' 54"  W.