Rockcliffe railway station

Former railway station in Cumbria, England

54°56′28″N 2°59′05″W / 54.9410°N 2.9846°W / 54.9410; -2.9846Grid referenceNY370611Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyCaledonian RailwayPre-groupingCaledonian RailwayPost-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates10 September 1847Station opened^[1]1 January 1917Station closed^[1]2 December 1919Station reopened^[1]17 July 1950Passenger service withdrawn, but workmen's trains continued. Station renamed Rockcliffe Halt^[1]6 December 1965Station closed^[1]

Location
Rockcliffe Location in the present-day City of Carlisle district, Cumbria Show map of the former City of Carlisle district Rockcliffe Location in present-day Cumbria, England Show map of Cumbria

Rockcliffe railway station, later Rockcliffe Halt, served the rural area around Rockcliffe, north of Carlisle in the English county of Cumberland (now part of Cumbria); it lay some distance from the village. The station was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line. The nearest station for Rockcliffe is now at Carlisle.

History

Opened by the Caledonian Railway,^[1] it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923 and BR in 1948. It closed briefly during WW1 and was renamed as Rockcliffe Halt in 1950 when regular passenger service ceased after which it was only used by railway workers at the nearby marshalling yards until 1965.^[2]

The station had a stationmaster's house, with combined ticket office and a waiting room. The line is still double track here.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Carlisle Line and station open		Caledonian Railway Main Line		Floriston Line open; Station closed

The site today

Trains pass through the site at speed on the electrified West Coast Main Line. The station platforms have been demolished and the pedestrian overbridge has been removed; however, the stationmaster's house remains as a private dwelling.

Caledonian Railway main line

Legend

Carstairs to Carlisle

Caledonian Railway main line

to Greenhill Junction

Carstairs

Caledonian Railway main line

to Edinburgh

Strawfrank Junction

Thankerton

Symington

(2nd station)

Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway

(1st station)

Crawford

Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch

(Private halt)

and Lockerbie Railway

Lockerbie

Ecclefechan

Kirtlebridge

Solway Junction Railway

Kirkpatrick

Quintinshill loops

Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway

Gretna Junction

Gretna│Gretna (BUR)

Longtown

Border Union Railway

Floriston

Rockcliffe

Border Union Railway ('the Waverley Line')

Willowholme Jn│Port Carlisle Branch Jn

Caldew Junctions

Carlisle Citadel

Citadel South Junctions

Maryport and Carlisle Railway

London Road Junction

Lancaster and Carlisle Railway

Petteril Bridge Junction

Newcastle & Carlisle Railway

Settle–Carlisle line

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Butt (1995), page 198
^ Cumbrian Railways Association Retrieved : 2012-11-09

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.