Wreay railway station

Wreay
Location
Place	Wreay
Area	City of Carlisle
Coordinates	54°49′49″N 2°52′36″W / 54.8303°N 2.8766°WCoordinates: 54°49′49″N 2°52′36″W / 54.8303°N 2.8766°W
Grid reference	NY437487
Operations
Original company	Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1853	Opened
16 August 1943	Closed
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Wreay railway station in St Cuthbert Without parish, was situated on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (the West Coast Main Line) between Carlisle and Penrith. It served the village of Wreay, Cumbria, England. The station opened in 1853, and closed on 16 August 1943.^[1]

Lancaster & Carlisle Railway
Legend
Caledonian Main Line Carlisle Citadel Maryport & Carlisle Rly Tyne Valley Line & Settle-Carlisle Line Brisco Wreay Southwaite Calthwaite Plumpton Penrith Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway Clifton Moor Eden Valley Railway Clifton and Lowther Shap Shap Summit 914 ft  279 m  South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway Tebay Low Gill Ingleton Branch Line Grayrigg Kendal & Windermere Railway Oxenholme Hincaster Branch Milnthorpe Burton and Holme Furness & Midland Jnt Rly Ulverstone & Lancaster Railway Carnforth Bolton-le-Sands Hest Bank Morecambe Branch Line "Little" North Western Railway Glasson Dock Branch Lancaster Castle Lancaster (Greaves) Lancaster & Preston Junction Railway

The station

The station had two platforms, a weighing platform and a signal box.^[2] The station buildings are now private dwellings. The line is now electrified.

Stations on the line

The next station on the line towards Carlisle was the now closed Brisco and the preceding station was the now closed Southwaite. Brisco railway station proved to be unviable and the decision was made to close it in 1852 in favour of Wreay railway station.^[3]

References

Notes

1. Butt 1995, p. 256
2. Old Maps Retrieved : 2012-09-15
3. Visitoruk Retrieved : 2012-09-18

Sources

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory Of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. R508.