Beckermet railway station
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Beckermet railway station is a disused rail station located in the village of Beckermet in Cumbria.
Beckermet | |
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General information | |
Location | Beckermet, Cumbria, Copeland England |
Coordinates | 54.4450°N 3.5198°W / 54.4450; -3.5198 |
Grid reference | NY015065 |
Platforms | 2[1][2][3][4] |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | LNWR & FR Joint Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
2 August 1869 | Opened |
7 January 1935 | Closed to passengers |
11 March 1940 | Reopened to workmen's trains[5] |
8 April 1940 | Closed |
6 May 1946 | Reopened |
16 June 1947 | Closed[6] |
1953 | Reopened for workmen's trains to Sellafield |
6 September 1965 | Workmen's trains ended[7] |
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Tracks were laid southwards from Whitehaven and Moor Row as far as Egremont by the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway, opening to passengers on 1 July 1857.
By the 1860s, the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway company sought to extend southwards from Egremont to meet the coastal line at Sellafield, aiming for Millom, Barrow-in-Furness and beyond. The Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway company opposed this, so the two companies came to an accommodation and built the Egremont to Sellafield extension as a joint line. Beckermet was the sole intermediate passenger station on the extension.
The station was on the western edge of the village in Cumbria, England.[8][9]