Whitehaven Cleator And Egremont Railway |
| Hob Uid: 8929 | |
Location :
Cumbria
Copeland, Allerdale
Dean, St. Bees, Lowside Quarter, Whitehaven, Haile, Arlecdon and Frizington, Greysouthen, Distington, Lamplugh, Little Clifton, Parton, Winscales, Lowca, Beckermet, Cleator Moor, Egremont
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| Grid Ref : NY0275717023 |
| Summary : Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway, 1857-1967. It was closed to passengers North of Moor Row in 1931, and South of Moor Row in 1947. The line continued as a mineral railway until 1967. Now dismantled. |
More information : (NY 06902225) Dismantled Railway (NAT) (1)
The Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway, later part of the
London and North Western and Furness Joint Railway, was opened for
mineral traffic shortly before it started carrying passengers in
1857, from the Mirehouse Junction with the Furness Railway (NX 9815)
to Egremont (NY 0110), with a branch from Moor Row Junction (NY 0014)
to Frizington (NY 0316). This branch reached Rowrah (NY 0518) in
1863 and Marron Junction (NY 0530) with the Cockermouth and
Workington Railway in 1865. Subsequently a branch line was laid
from Ullock (NY 0724) to the Furness Railway at Parton (NX 9821), the
Ullock to Distington (NY 0024) section being under construction in
1876 (3). This branch appears to have closed to all services in 1931.
Two other branch lines were built. The Eskett Branch which served the
Agnes, Eskett and Margaret Iron Mines, and the Mowbray Branch which
ran to the iron mines of Frizington Parks, Mowbray and New Parkside.
They both left the main line at Eskett junction (NY 0415). Passengers
were not carried after 1874 and goods traffic ceased in 1931. Many
other iron mines and collieries along the main line were served by
spur mineral lines (A mineral line shown on OS 1:50 000 1979 follows
the course of the original main line from Mirehouse Junction to
Rowrah with short deviations from it at Cleator Moor,NY 0115, and
Frizington NY 0416). (2-4)
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