Eskmeals railway station

Eskmeals
Location
Place	Eskmeals
Area	Copeland
Coordinates	54°20′07″N 3°24′18″W / 54.3354°N 3.4049°WCoordinates: 54°20′07″N 3°24′18″W / 54.3354°N 3.4049°W
Grid reference	SD 087 942
Operations
Line	Cumbrian Coast Line
Original company	Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Furness Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2[1]
History
8 July 1850	Opened
3 August 1959	Closed[2]
1960-96	Demolished
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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.

West Cumbrian Railways
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Context

Eskmeals Railway Station was situated at the southern end of Eskmeals Viaduct. It served a scattered farming community.

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.^[3] It was opened in stages, and the section between Ravenglass through Eskmeals to Bootle opened either on 19 July 1850^[4] or on 8 July 1850.^[5] On 28 October 1850 the last section between Bootle and Broughton-in-Furness was formally opened.^[4]

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 Passenger services were withdrawn by the British Transport Commission on 3 August 1959.^[6] The buildings have since been demolished, but the disused platforms remain.

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 1977, p. 41.
2. Broughton 1996, p. 50.
3. Rush 1973, pp. 33–34.
4. Rush 1973, p. 34.
5. Butt 1995, p. 39.
6. 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.

Sources

• Bradshaw, George (1985) [1922]. July 1922 Railway Guide. Newton Abbott: David & Charles.
• Broughton, John R (1996). Past and Present Special: The Furness Railway. Wadenhoe, Peterborough: Past and Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1 85895 126 7.
• 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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
• Rush, Robert W. (1973). The Furness Railway 1843-1923. The Oakwood Library of Railway History. Lingfield: Oakwood Press. OL35.
• Sankey, Raymond; Norman, K.J. (May 1978). Furness Railway: A Photographic Collection. Clapham (via Lancaster): Dalesman Publishing Co Ltd.

External links

• The station on an overlain Edwardian OS 6" Map, via National Library of Scotland
• Eskmeals Station on a 1948 OS Map, via npemaps