Coniston (Cumbria) railway station

For the Australian station of the same name, see Coniston railway station, New South Wales.
Coniston
Location
Place Coniston
Area South Lakeland
Coordinates 54°22′05″N 3°04′48″W / 54.3680°N 3.0801°W / 54.3680; -3.0801Coordinates: 54°22′05″N 3°04′48″W / 54.3680°N 3.0801°W / 54.3680; -3.0801
Grid reference SD3097
Operations
Original company Coniston Railway
Pre-grouping Furness Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms 3[1]
History
18 June 1859 Station opened
6 October 1958 Station closed to passengers
30 April 1962 Station closed to freight
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Coniston is a closed railway station at the terminus of a branch line in Coniston, Cumbria, England.

History

Authorised by Parliament in August 1857 the line to Coniston was open less than two years later in June 1859.[2] The station building was designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley in Swiss chalet style.[3] The station was enlarged between 1888 and 1892 at a cost of over £4,000 (equivalent to £390,000 in 2015).[4] The train shed was doubled in length and the goods shed was enlarged. A third platform was added in 1896 at a cost of £750 (equivalent to £80,000 in 2015).[4][5]

There was a single track engine shed and a 42 feet (13 m) turntable south east of the station building. The shed closed when the station closed to passengers in 1958, but remained standing until the line and station were demolished in the 1960s.[6]

British Railways closed the station and the branch to passengers in 1958 and completely in 1962.[7]

The line's last fare-paying passengers are believed to be participants in the SLS/MLS Furness railtour of 27 August 1961.[8][9]

The station was abandoned and left to decay.[10]

See also

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Torver
Line and station closed		   Furness Railway
Coniston Railway		   Terminus

References

  1. ↑ Images of the station, via Cumbria Railways Association
  2. ↑ Searle, MV (1983) Lost Lines: Anthology of Britain's Lost Railways, New Cavendish Books P187
  3. ↑ Price, James (1998), Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies, p. 38, ISBN 1-86220-054-8
  4. 1 2 UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2016), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
  5. ↑ Andrews, Michael; Holme, Geoff (2005), The Coniston Railway, Pinner: Cumbrian Railways Association, p. 30, ISBN 0-9540232-3-4
  6. ↑ Griffiths & Smith 2000, p. 260.
  7. ↑ Western, Robert (2007), The Coniston Railway, Usk: Oakwood Press, ISBN 978-0-85361-667-2 P80
  8. ↑ Railtour files, via Six Bells Junction
  9. ↑ Garrett 2016, p. 87.
  10. ↑ Searle, MV (1983) Lost Lines: Anthology of Britain's Lost Railways, New Cavendish Books P191

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