Burgh-by-Sands railway station

Burgh-by-Sands railway station was originally named Burgh (pronounced "Bruff"). It opened in 1854 on the Port Carlisle Railway branch and later the Silloth branch, serving the village of Burgh in Cumberland - now Cumbria - England.[2] The line and station closed on 7 September 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts.[3]

Burgh-by-Sands
Burgh-by-Sands station
LocationBurgh-by-Sands, City of Carlisle
England
Coordinates54.9200°N 3.0585°W / 54.9200; -3.0585
Grid referenceNY322588
Platforms1[1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyPort Carlisle Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1854Opened as "Burgh"
7 September 1964Closed

In 2014 the station building survived as a private dwelling.[4]

History

In 1819 a port was constructed at Port Carlisle and in 1821, the Carlisle Navigation Canal was built to take goods to Carlisle.[5] The canal was closed in 1853[5] and much of it was infilled by the Port Carlisle Railway Company who constructed a railway that started passenger services in 1854, discontinuing them two years later when the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company's (C&SBRDC) new railway to Silloth opened, utilising the Port Carlisle Branch as far as Drumburgh.[6] Opened as Burgh railway station, it was renamed Burgh-by-Sands in 1923.[4]

The North British Railway leased the line from 1862, it was absorbed by them in 1880, and then taken over by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.[6]

Infrastructure

The station sat close the village, reached by Station Road that branched off the mainstreet; it had a single platform, a shelter and a signal box. The branch ran close to the course of Hadrians Wall. A substantial station building was present, together with a station master's house.

Micro-history

In the 1930s a Walter Tait was the station master.[7]

References
Notes
  1. Dickson 2014, p. 58.
  2. Solway Plain - Past and Present Archived 18 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved : 2012-08-21
  3. Cumbria Railways Retrieved : 2012-08-21
  4. Old Cumbria Gazetteer Retrieved : 2012-08-23
  5. Ramshaw 1997, p. 1.
  6. Cumbria Railway Retrieved : 2012-08-21
  7. Railbrit Retrieved : 2012-08-23

Sources
  • Dickson, Brian J. (2014). Cumberland & Westmorland Railway Pictorial 1948-1968. Southampton: Kestrel Railway Books. ISBN 978-1-905505-32-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Ramshaw, David (1997). The Carlisle Navigation Canal, 1821-53. Carlisle: P3 Publications. ISBN 978-0-9522098-5-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Kirkandrews
Line and station closed		   North British Railway
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway		   Drumburgh
Line and station closed
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