Abbey Junction railway station
- Abbey Junction railway station
Infobox UK disused station
name = Abbey Junction
caption =
locale = Abbey Town
borough = Cumberland
line = Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
manager = North British Railway
owner = London and North Western Railway
platforms = ?
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
caption = North British Station
years1 = August 22, 1856
events1 = Station opens as Abbey Holme
years2 = August 31, 1870
events2 = Renamed Abbey Junction
years3 = September 1, 1921
events3 = Station closes Infobox UK disused station
name = Abbey Junction
caption =
locale = Abbey Town
borough = Cumberland
line = Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
manager = Solway Junction Railway
owner = London and North Western Railway
platforms = ?
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
caption =
caption = Caledonian Station
years5 = August 31, 1870
events5 = Station opens as Abbey Junction
years6 = January 1, 1917
events6 = Station closes
years7 = March 2 1919
events7 = Station reopens
years8 = May 20, 1921
events8 = Station closes
Abbey Junction railway station was the railway junction where the branch line to Silloth on the Solway Firth divided from the Solway Junction Railway in the English county of Cumberland (later Cumbria).
History
A station on the site was opened as Abbeyholme by the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway in 1856, and was then renamed Abbey Junction by the North British Railway in 1870. It closed in 1921.
A parallel station on the site was opened as Abbey Junction by the Maryport and Carlisle Railway. It closed briefly from 1917 to 1919 then permanently in 1921.
The closure of the stations was linked to the closure of the Solway viaduct.
References
*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1
*cite book|author=A. Jowett, |title= Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas |publisher=Atlantic Publishing |year=2000 ISBN 0 906899 99 0
*Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway [http://www.cumbria-railways.co.uk/carlisle_silloth_bay_railway.html]
*Map of area's railways [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/hstchg/railway1.htm]
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