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Distington railway station

Distington
Distington station, with train 1951
General information
LocationDistington, Cumbria, Copeland
England
Coordinates54°36′07″N 3°32′01″W / 54.6019°N 3.5336°W / 54.6019; -3.5336
Grid referenceNY102400
Platforms4[1][2][3][4][5][6][Notes 1][7]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCleator and Workington Junction Railway and LNWR & FR Joint Railway, staffed by CWJR[8]
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1879Opened[9]
13 April 1931Closed[10]
1 July 1963Closed completely[11]
16 September 1963Line through the station closed[12]
A 1914 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing the complex network which existed in the Workington area

Distington railway station was opened jointly by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR) and the LNWR and Furness Joint Railway (The Joint Line) on 1 October 1879. It was situated on the northern edge of the village of Distington, Cumbria, England, where the C&WJR's north–south main line crossed the Joint Line's east–west Gilgarran Branch.[13][14][15]

  1. ^ McGowan Gradon 2004, pp. 17, 63 & rear cover.
  2. ^ Suggitt 2008, p. 61.
  3. ^ Webb 1964, pp. 789–790.
  4. ^ Montgomery 1988, pp. 10–11.
  5. ^ Robinson 1985, p. 67.
  6. ^ Foster 2018b, p. 398.
  7. ^ Foster 2018c, pp. 448–9.
  8. ^ Jackson, Sisson & Haywood 1982, p. 3.
  9. ^ Foster 2018a, p. 349.
  10. ^ Butt 1995, p. 80.
  11. ^ McGowan Gradon 2004, p. 68.
  12. ^ McGowan Gradon 2004, p. 59.
  13. ^ McGowan Gradon 2004, p. 6.
  14. ^ Smith & Turner 2012, Map 26.
  15. ^ Jowett 1989, Map 36.


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