Woodend railway station
Disused railway station in Cumbria, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about a former station in Cumbria, England. For the station in Woodend, Victoria, Australia, see Woodend railway station, Victoria.
Woodend railway station (formally known as "Woodend for Cleator and Bigrigg") was planned by the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway on its Sellafield to Moor Row branch, but by the time the station opened the company had been bought out by the LNWR and Furness Railway who operated the line jointly until grouping in 1923.
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Woodend for Cleator and Bigrigg | |||||
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General information | |||||
Location | Woodend, Egremont, Cumbria, Copeland England | ||||
Coordinates | 54.5020°N 3.5308°W / 54.5020; -3.5308 | ||||
Grid reference | NY009129 | ||||
Platforms | 2[1][2][3] | ||||
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Status | Disused | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | LNWR & FR Joint Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
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1 March 1880 | Opened | ||||
7 January 1935 | Closed to passengers | ||||
11 March 1940 | Reopened to workmen's trains[4] | ||||
8 April 1940 | Closed | ||||
6 May 1946 | Reopened | ||||
16 June 1947 | Closed, but remained open for workmen's trains | ||||
7 November 1955 | Closed[5] | ||||
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The station was in the hamlet of Wood End and served the villages in its full name, in Cumbria, England.[6][7]