Appleby East railway station
Appleby East | |
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Appleby East railway station in 1997. | |
Location | |
Place | Appleby-in-Westmorland |
Area | Eden |
Operations | |
Original company | Eden Valley Railway |
Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Platforms | 1 |
History | |
9 June 1862 | Station opened as Appleby |
1 September 1952 | Station renamed Appleby East |
22 January 1962 | Station closed |
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Appleby East railway station was situated on the Eden Valley Railway between Kirkby Stephen East and Penrith in Cumbria, England. The station served the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland. Railway services to Appleby now use Appleby railway station.
History
Opened by the Eden Valley Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Transport Commission.
The site today
The station is fairly intact and is used by a scrap merchant.
In 1995, the Eden Valley Railway Society was formed with the aim of restoring the line and reintroducing a train service.
The line is upgrading the track for public service towards Appleby East (Phase 1).
References
- Walton, Peter (1992). The Stainmore & Eden Valley Railways. Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-86093-306-7.
- Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas And Gazetteer. Ian Allan Publishing. 1997 [1958]. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3.
External links
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Kirkby Thore | North Eastern Railway Eden Valley Railway |
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Coordinates: 54°34′52″N 2°29′02″W / 54.581°N 2.484°W