Torver railway station

Torver railway station served the village of Torver, in Lancashire, England (now in Cumbria). It was on the branch line to Coniston.

Torver
Torver station in 1983
Location	Torver, South Lakeland England
Coordinates	54.3385°N 3.1020°W
Grid reference	SD284941
Platforms	1[1]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Coniston Railway
Pre-grouping	Furness Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
18 June 1859	Station opened
6 October 1958	Station closed to passengers
3 April 1962	Station closed completely
Location
Torver Location in South Lakeland Torver Location in Cumbria

Coniston Railway
Coniston copper mines Coniston Torver Summit Woodland Five Arches Viaduct Broughton-in-Furness Cumbrian Coast line to Whitehaven Foxfield Cumbrian Coast line to Barrow-in-Furness

History

Authorised by Parliament in August 1857 the line to Coniston was opened by the Coniston Railway less than two years later on 18 June 1859.[2][3] The station was used for the shipment of slate and stone from the local quarries as well as by passengers.

The station was host to a LMS caravan from 1934 to 1939.[4]

British Railways closed the station and the branch to passengers on 6 October 1958 and completely on 3 April 1962.[3][5][6] The station building remains and has been converted into holiday accommodation.[7][8]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Woodland Line and station closed		Furness Railway Coniston Railway		Coniston Line and station closed

References

1. Andrews & Holme 2005, pp. 25-28.
2. Searle 1982, p. 187.
3. Quick 2019, p. 399.
4. McRae 1997, p. 22.
5. Western 2007, p. 80.
6. Hurst 1992, pp. 13 & 19 (refs 0607 & 0930.
7. Norman 1994, p. 75.
8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Sources

• Andrews, Michael; Holme, Geoff (2005). The Coniston Railway. Pinner: Cumbrian Railways Association. ISBN 978-0-9540232-3-2.
• Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
• McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
• Norman, K.J. (1994). Railway Heritage, The Furness Railway. Wadenhoe: Silver Link. ISBN 978-1-85794-016-9.
• Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society.

• Searle, Muriel V. (1982). Lost Lines: Anthology of Britain's Lost Railways. London: New Cavendish Books. ISBN 978-0-904568-45-5.
• Western, Robert (2007). The Coniston Railway (Locomotive Papers). Catrine: The Oakwood Press (now Stenlake Publishing). ISBN 978-0-85361-667-2.

Gallery

• 
  The station buildings in 2002

External links

• The station on an Edwardian 25" OS map National Library of Scotland
• Torver on a navigable 1946 O. S. map NPE maps
• The station Rail Map Online
• The station and line with mileages Railway Codes