Dovenby Lodge railway station
| Dovenby Lodge | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Dovenby |
| Area | Allerdale |
| Coordinates | 54°40′45″N 3°24′30″W / 54.6793°N 3.4083°WCoordinates: 54°40′45″N 3°24′30″W / 54.6793°N 3.4083°W |
| Grid reference | NY092324 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Maryport & Carlisle Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Platforms | 1[1] |
| History | |
| 1867 | Opened |
| 29 April 1935 | Line and station closed[2][3] |
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Dovenby Lodge railway station was on the single track Derwent Branch of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&CR) in the then county of Cumberland, now Cumbria, England.
The station was opened in 1867. It was a private station solely for the use of the Ballentine-Dykes family of Dovenby Lodge, one of whom was Chairman of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway in the 1840s.[4]
The station is variously referred to as "Dovenby", "Dovenby Park" and "Dovenby Lodge"; an image of a ticket bearing the name Dovenby Lodge is included in the standard work on non-public stations.[5] Letters exchanged in 1868 between the family and the railway concern a parcel of land and a lodge at the station.[6]
The station was available for use until the line closed in 1935, though it never appeared in public timetables. Unusually for those times the tracks were lifted not long after closure, with a tragic consequence; when a bridge was being demolished a girder fell on two men and killed them.[7]
Afterlife
By 2008 the station was in use as a dwelling.[4]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linefoot Line and station closed |
Maryport & Carlisle Railway Derwent Branch |
Papcastle Line and station closed | ||
See also
- Maryport & Carlisle Railway
- Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway
- Cleator and Workington Junction Railway
- Cockermouth & Workington Railway
References
- ↑ Suggitt 2008, p. 95.
- ↑ Quick 2009, p. 152.
- ↑ Robinson 2002, p. 14.
- 1 2 Suggitt 2008, p. 96.
- ↑ Croughton, Kidner & Young 1982, p. 33.
- ↑ Location of correspondence, via Cumbria Archives DBD/12/19
- ↑ Suggitt 2008, p. 97.
Sources
- Croughton, Godfrey; Kidner, Roger Wakely; Young, Alan (1982). Private and Untimetabled Railway Stations, Halts and Stopping Places. Catrine, Ayrshire: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-281-1. OCLC 10507501. X43.
- Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
- Robinson, Peter W. (2002). Cumbria's Lost Railways. Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 1 84033 205 0.
- Suggitt, Gordon (2008). Lost Railways of Cumbria (Railway Series). Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 978-1-84674-107-4.
Further reading
- Colman, C. V. (January 1982). Peascod, Michael, ed. "Passenger Services on the Bolton and Derwent Branches". Cumbrian Railways. Pinner: Cumbrian Railways Association. 2 (9). ISSN 1466-6812.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
External links
- The station on an Edwardian OS map, via National Library of Scotland
- The station, via Rail Map Online
- The station on the branch, with mileages, via Railway Codes