Arlecdon railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Arlecdon


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locale = England
borough = Cumbria
line = Cleator and Workington Junction Railway
owner = London Midland and Scottish Railway
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years = 5 October 1912
events = Station opens
years1 = 1 January 1917
events1 = Station partially closed
years2 = 1 January 1927
events2 = Station totally closed

Arlecdon railway station was a station which served the village of Arlecdon in the English county of Cumberland. It was served by trains on the line between Workington and Cleator Moor.

History

Opened by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, only to close in 1927.

The site today

Earthworks still remain at this meeting point of two formerly busy industrial railways. [http://www.visitcumbria.com/wc/cleatormoor-railway.htm]

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