Cockermouth and Workington Railway

[v · d · e]Cockermouth and Workington Railway
Legend Cumbrian Coast Line Workington Main Workington Central Cleator and Workington Junction Railway Workington Bridge River Derwent Camerton River Derwent Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway River Marron Broughton Cross Brigham Maryport and Carlisle Railway C & W station (later Cockermouth goods station) Cockermouth CK&P station Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway

The Cockermouth & Workington Railway was a railway between the towns of Workington and Cockermouth established by Act of Parliament in 1845. A single-tracked line of eight and a half miles length, it was built primarily to carry coals from the pits of West Cumberland to the port at Workington for shipment by sea. It opened for service in 1847, its western terminus being Workington Main station, while the eastern terminus lay at Cockermouth (C&W) railway station. The main bulk of the former line now forms part of the A66 Road however 500 yards before you come to the bridge (Westbound) on your left the line continues on its original route to Camerton Station.

Route

Cockermouth - Brigham - Broughton Cross - Camerton - Workington Bridge - Workington Main

Mergers

After nineteen years of independent service the company amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway in 1866, under whose management it remained until absorbed in 1922 into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and in 1948 into the nationalised British Railways. The line closed to goods traffic in 1964 and finally to passenger traffic in 1966.

See also

Cumbria portal

• Cumbrian Coast Line (history)
• Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway

Reference list

• Bowtell, Harold D. (1989). Rails through Lakeland: An Illustrated Journey of the Workington-Cockermouth-Keswick-Penrith Railway 1847-1972. Wyre, Lancashire: Silverling Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-947971-26-2. 

External links

• Map