Leegate railway station

Leegate was a railway station on the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&CR) and served this rural district in Cumbria. The station was opened by the M&CR in 1848[1] and lay in the Parish of Bromfield.[2]

Leegate railway station
LocationAllerdale
England
Coordinates54.79918°N 3.238507°W / 54.79918; -3.238507
Grid referenceNY20474561
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMaryport & Carlisle Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 February 1848Opened
5 June 1950Station closed to passengers
1964Station closed to goods

History

Leegate station was opened by the Maryport & Carlisle Railway in 1848. At grouping in 1923 the M&CR became a part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. It was one of a number of lightly-used intermediate stations on the M&C line closed to passenger traffic by the British Transport Commission in the years immediately after nationalisation of the British Railways network in 1948. Services ceased on 5 June 1950, though goods traffic continued to be handled here until 1964.

The main Carlisle-Maryport line (completed in 1845) remains open and forms part of the Cumbrian Coast Line between Carlisle and Barrow in Furness.

The station had two through platforms, with substantial station buildings and a signal box. No trace however remains of the station today.[3]

References
Notes
  1. Quick 2009, p. 244.
  2. "Old Cumbria Gazetteer". Portsmouth University. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  3. Leegate station site in 2013. Thompson, Nigel, Geograph.org; Retrieved 2013-10-16
Sources
Further reading
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Brookfield
Line open, station closed		   Maryport and Carlisle Railway
Main Line		   Brayton
Line open, station closed
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