Rockcliffe railway station

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.

Rockcliffe
General information
Location	Rockcliffe, City of Carlisle England
Coordinates	54.9410°N 2.9846°W / 54.9410; -2.9846
Grid reference	NY370611
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Caledonian Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
10 September 1847	Station opened[1]
1 January 1917	Station closed[1]
2 December 1919	Station reopened[1]
17 July 1950	Passenger service withdrawn, but workmen's trains continued. Station renamed Rockcliffe Halt[1]
6 December 1965	Station 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

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.

v t e 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 Symington (1st station) Lamington Abington Crawford Elvanfoot Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch Beattock Summit (Private halt) Auchencastle Moffat Beattock Wamphray Dinwoodie Nethercleugh Dumfries, Lochmaben 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

1. Butt (1995), page 198
2. 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.

External links

• Rail Brit
• Cumbrian Railways Association
• Rockcliffe Station
• Cumbria Gazetteer