Coniston (Cumbria) railway station

For the Australian station of the same name, see Coniston railway station, New South Wales.
Coniston
Location
Place Coniston
Area South Lakeland
Coordinates 54°22′05″N 3°04′48″W / 54.3680°N 3.0801°W / 54.3680; -3.0801Coordinates: 54°22′05″N 3°04′48″W / 54.3680°N 3.0801°W / 54.3680; -3.0801
Grid reference SD3097
Operations
Original company Coniston Railway
Pre-grouping Furness Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms 3[1]
History
18 June 1859 Station opened
6 October 1958 Station closed to passengers
30 April 1962 Station closed to freight
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Coniston is a closed railway station at the terminus of a branch line in Coniston, Cumbria, England.

History

Authorised by Parliament in August 1857 the line to Coniston was open less than two years later in June 1859.[2] The station building was designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley in Swiss chalet style.[3] The station was enlarged between 1888 and 1892 at a cost of over £4,000 (equivalent to £390,000 in 2015).[4] The train shed was doubled in length and the goods shed was enlarged. A third platform was added in 1896 at a cost of £750 (equivalent to £80,000 in 2015).[4][5] British Railways closed the station and the branch to passengers in 1958 and goods in 1962.[6]

The station was abandoned and left to decay.[7]

See also

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Torver
Line and station closed		   Furness Railway
Coniston Railway		   Terminus

References

  1. ↑ Images of the station, via Cumbria Railways Association
  2. ↑ Searle, MV (1983) Lost Lines: Anthology of Britain's Lost Railways, New Cavendish Books P187
  3. ↑ Price, James (1998), Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies, p. 38, ISBN 1-86220-054-8
  4. 1 2 UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2016), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
  5. ↑ Andrews, Michael; Holme, Geoff (2005), The Coniston Railway, Pinner: Cumbrian Railways Association, p. 30, ISBN 0-9540232-3-4
  6. ↑ Western, Robert (2007), The Coniston Railway, Usk: Oakwood Press, ISBN 978-0-85361-667-2 P80
  7. ↑ Searle, MV (1983) Lost Lines: Anthology of Britain's Lost Railways, New Cavendish Books P191

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