Appleby East railway station

Coordinates: 54°34′52″N 2°29′02″W / 54.581°N 2.484°W

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Appleby East

Appleby East railway station in 1997.

General information

Location

Appleby-in-Westmorland, Eden, Cumbria
England

Platforms

Other information

Status

Disused

History

Original company

Eden Valley Railway

Pre-grouping

North Eastern Railway

Post-grouping

London and North Eastern Railway

Key dates

9 June 1862

Station opened as Appleby

1 September 1952

Station renamed Appleby East

22 January 1962

Station closed

Location
Appleby East Location in present-day Eden, Cumbria Show map of the former Eden District Appleby East Location in present-day Cumbria, England Show map of Cumbria

Appleby East is a closed railway station that was a stop on the Eden Valley Railway in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumberland (now in Cumbria), England; it was located between Kirkby Stephen East and Penrith. The station was formerly one of two that served the town, the other being Appleby West on the Midland Railway's Settle to Carlisle line; the latter station is still open, albeit now simply called Appleby.

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 in 1962.^[1]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Kirkby Thore		North Eastern Railway Eden Valley Railway		Warcop

The site today

The station is fairly intact and is used currently by a scrap merchant.^[2]

In 1995, the Eden Valley Railway Society was formed with the aim of restoring the line and reintroducing a train service. The society, now renamed the Eden Valley Railway Trust, operates a heritage service from Warcop station and is upgrading the track towards Appleby East for public service.

References

^ Jenkins, Stanley C.; Loader, Martin (2016). The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Volume Three Leeds to Carlisle. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1445643861.
^ "Appleby East Station".

Sources

Walton, Peter (1992). The Stainmore & Eden Valley Railways. Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-86093-306-7.
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 (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas And Gazetteer. Ian Allan Publishing. 1997 [1958]. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3.

External links

54°34′52″N 2°29′02″W / 54.581°N 2.484°W / 54.581; -2.484

v t e Closed railway stations in Cumbria
Waverley Route	Kershope Foot Nook Pasture Penton Riddings Junction Scotch Dyke Longtown Gretna Lyneside Harker Parkhouse Halt
Caledonian main line	Gretna Floriston Rockcliffe
Solway Junction Railway	Bowness Whitrigg Bromfield
Port Carlisle Dock and Railway	Port Carlisle Glasson Drumburgh Burgh-by-Sands Kirkandrews Port Carlisle Junction Carlisle Canal
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway	New Dykes Brow Kirkbride Sleightholme Abbey Junction Abbey Town Black Dyke Halt Causewayhead Silloth Cumberland and Westmorland Convalescent Institution Silloth Battery Extension
Maryport and Carlisle Railway	Carlisle Crown Street Carlisle Bogfield Cummersdale Curthwaite Micklethwaite Brookfield Leegate Low Row Brayton High Blaithwaite Mealsgate Allhallows Colliery Baggrow Arkleby Bullgill Dearham Bridge Dearham Linefoot Dovenby Lodge Papcastle
Newcastle & Carlisle Railway	Carlisle Canal Street Carlisle London Road Scotby Heads Nook How Mill Brampton Fell Brampton Town Naworth Low Row
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway	Brisco Wreay Southwaite Calthwaite Plumpton Clifton and Lowther Shap Tebay Low Gill Grayrigg Milnthorpe Burton and Holme
Ingleton branch line	Low Gill Sedbergh Middleton-on-Lune Barbon
Eden Valley Railway	Clifton Moor Cliburn Temple Sowerby Kirkby Thore Appleby East Warcop Musgrave
South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway	Gaisgill Ravenstonedale Smardale Barras
Settle–Carlisle line	Scotby Cumwhinton Cotehill Little Salkeld Culgaith New Biggin Long Marton Ormside Crosby Garrett
Cleator and Workington Junction Railway	Great Broughton Camerton Colliery Halt Buckhill Colliery Halt Seaton Workington Central High Harrington Distington Oatlands Arlecdon Moresby Parks Moresby Junction Halt Keekle Colliers' Platform Cleator Moor West
Harrington and Lowca Light Railway Gilgarran Branch	Harrington (Church Road) Halt Rosehill (Archer Street) Halt Rose Hill Platform Copperas Hill Micklam Lowca Parton Halt
Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway	Marron Junction Bridgefoot Branthwaite Ullock Lamplugh Rowrah Winder Yeathouse Eskett Frizington Cleator Moor East Cleator Moor Moor Row Woodend Gillfoot Egremont St Thomas Cross Platform Beckermet Mines Beckermet
Whitehaven Junction Railway Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway Furness Railway	Siddick Junction Workington North Newtown Eskmeals Whitbeck Crossing Halt Kirksanton Halt Underhill Halt Dunnerholme Halt Furness Abbey Barrow (Strand) Barrow (Rabbit Hill) Island Road Ramsden Dock Rampside Piel Lindal Ulverston
Cockermouth and Workington Railway	Workington Bridge Camerton Broughton Cross Brigham Cockermouth (C&W)
Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway	Cockermouth Embleton Bassenthwaite Lake Braithwaite Keswick Threlkeld Troutbeck Penruddock Blencow
Coniston Railway	Coniston Torver Woodland Broughton-in-Furness
Other	North Lonsdale Crossing Conishead Priory Newby Bridge Halt Greenodd Boot Sandside Moss Bay Cart Siding

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