Port Carlisle Junction

A 1912 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing Port Carlisle Junction (upper left)

Port Carlisle Junction was a railway junction between the lines of the former Caledonian Railway and North British Railway companies lines to the north of Carlisle Citadel station in, what is now, Cumbria, England.^[1] It opened in July 1863.^[2] Port Carlisle Junction railway station was a very short lived station that first came into use in July 1863 and there was some untimetabled use until 29th October 1863, but the station closed as early as 1st July 1864. After closure, the up platform was retained for use by those northbound crews requiring change and also for passing messages on to crews.

Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
Locale Cumbria Dates of operation 1854 – 1964 Predecessor Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company Successor London and North Eastern Railway Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Legend
Silloth Battery Extension Silloth Convalescent Home Silloth Docks and Pier Silloth Causewayhead Blackdyke Halt Abbey Town Solway Junction Railway southbound Abbey Junction Sleightholme Solway Junction Railway northbound Kirkbride New Dykes Brow Port Carlisle Glasson Drumburgh Burgh-by-Sands Kirkandrews Waverley Line northbound Port Carlisle Junction Carlisle Canal West Coast Main Line northbound Carlisle Citadel West Coast Main Line southbound

References

Citations

1. Ellis 1955, p. 78.
2. Joy 1983, p. 80.

Sources

• Ellis, Cuthbert Hamilton (1955). The North British Railway. I Allan.
• Joy, David (1983). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The Lake Counties. David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-946-53702-0.

Coordinates: 54°53′53″N 2°57′32″W / 54.8980°N 2.9588°W