Eskmeals railway station

Eskmeals is a former railway station in the Eskmeals area of the Cumbrian coast, England. It was located on the Cumbrian Coast Line, south of Ravenglass and near to the estuary of the River Esk. It was situated at the southern end of Eskmeals Viaduct.[3] It served a scattered farming community.

Cumbrian Coast line
West Coast Main Line to Glasgow and Edinburgh Carlisle Tyne Valley line Settle–Carlisle line Cummersdale West Coast Main Line to London Euston Dalston Curthwaite Crofton Wigton Brookfield Leegate High Blaithwaite Carlisle & Silloth Bay Rly Mealsgate Solway Junction Railway Carlisle & Silloth Bay Rly Allhallows Colliery Brayton Baggrow Aspatria Arkleby Bullgill Maryport and Carlisle Railway branch to Brigham Dearham Bridge Maryport Flimby St Helens Colliery Halt Siddick Junction Calva Junction Workington North Cleator & Workington Jn Rly to Great Broughton Cockermouth and Workington Railway River Derwent Steel Works Cleator & Workington Jn Rly to Distington Workington Harrington Whitehaven, Cleator & Egremont Railway Parton Whitehaven Whitehaven Harbour Preston Street Corkickle Corkickle Brake Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway St Bees St Bees Golf Halt Nethertown Braystones Cleator & Furness Rly River Ehen Sellafield Sellafield sidings River Calder Seascale Drigg Low Level Waste Repository Drigg River Irt River Mite Ravenglass for Eskdale Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway River Esk Eskmeals Monks Moors Halt Bootle Whitbeck Crossing Halt Silecroft Kirksanton Halt Hodbarrow Millom Underhill Halt Green Road River Duddon Coniston Railway Foxfield Kirkby-in-Furness Dunnerholme Halt Askam-in-Furness Goldmire mines Sandscale mines Barrow-in-Furness Barrow loop line Port of Barrow Roosecote Power Station Salthouse Halt Roose Rampside Furness Abbey Piel Dalton Furness line

Eskmeals
Location	Eskmeals, Copeland England
Coordinates	54.3354°N 3.4049°W
Grid reference	SD 087 942
Platforms	2[1]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Furness Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
8 July 1850	Opened
3 August 1959	Closed[2]
1982-96	Demolished

History

The Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway was authorised in 1847 to build a line which would link the town of Whitehaven with the Furness Railway at Broughton-in-Furness.[4] It was opened in stages, and the section between Ravenglass through Eskmeals to Bootle opened either on 19 July 1850[5] or on 8 July 1850.[6] On 28 October 1850 the last section between Bootle and Broughton-in-Furness was formally opened.[5]

The coastal line through Eskmeals survived Beeching and carries a regular all stations service to this day. Eskmeals is the only station between Barrow-in-Furness and Whitehaven shown in the Bradshaw's Guide 1922 which has closed. Passenger services were withdrawn by the British Transport Commission on 3 August 1959.[7] The buildings remained intact until the early 1980s but have since been demolished;[8] the disused and overgrown platforms survive and can be seen from passing trains.

Services

In 1922 five trains in each direction called at Eskmeals, Monday to Saturday. One ran from Millom, calling at all stations to Whitehaven, the other four called at all stations from Carnforth to Whitehaven.

Two all stations trains in each direction between Carnforth and Whitehaven called on Sundays.

References

Notes

1. Sankey & Norman 1978, p. 41.
2. Broughton 1996, p. 50.
3. Davey 1984, p. 38.
4. Rush 1973, pp. 33–34.
5. Rush 1973, p. 34.
6. Butt 1995, p. 39.
7. Daniels, Gerald David; Dench, Leslie Alan (February 1963) [1962]. Passengers No More 1952–1962. Closures of stations and branch lines (PDF) (2nd ed.). Brighton: GLO. p. 13. OCLC 504319235.
8. Eskmeals station - 1981 Derwent Railway Society; Retrieved 2 December 2016

Sources

• Bradshaw, George (1985) [July 1922]. Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland: A reprint of the July 1922 issue. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-8708-5. OCLC 12500436.
• Broughton, John R. (1996). Past and Present Special: The Furness Railway. Wadenhoe: Past and Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85895-126-3.
• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
• Davey, C.R. (1984). Reflections of the Furness Railway. Barrow in Furness: Lakeland Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-9509926-0-0.
• Rush, Robert W. (1973). The Furness Railway 1843-1923. The Oakwood Library of Railway History. Lingfield: Oakwood Press. OCLC 636546521. OL35.
• Sankey, Raymond; Norman, K.J. (1978). Furness Railway: A Photographic Collection. Clapham (via Lancaster): Dalesman Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 978-0-85206-424-5.

External links

• "The station on an overlain Edwardian OS 6" Map". National Library of Scotland.
• "The station on a 1948 OS Map". npe maps.
• "The station and line on overlain maps". Rail Map Online.
• "The station, line and mileages". Railway Codes.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Ravenglass for Eskdale Line and station open		Furness Railway Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway		Bootle Line and station open