The original 1857 Cleator Moor station which became a goods station when it was replaced in 1866. Its 1866 replacement which went on to be known as Cleator Moor East, and the rival 1879 station which went on to be known as Cleator Moor West.
The line was one of the fruits of the rapid industrialisation of West Cumberland in the second half of the nineteenth century. The original Cleator Moor station opened to passengers on 1 July 1857 on the line being developed from Moor Row to Rowrah.
Subsidence led the company to build a deviation line which curved round the west side of the original station and the growing settlement, in a similar manner to what it was forced to do at Eskett a few miles to the east. They built a passenger station on the deviation line - known locally as "The Bowthorn Line"[7] - which would go on to be called Cleator Moor East.
When the deviation line and station opened in 1866 the original station was closed to passengers and became "Cleator Moor Goods Depot." It remained open for goods traffic until the 1950s.
Servicesedit
Whilst some Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway (WCER) mineral, goods and passenger traffic to and from Rowrah passed north along the line to Marron Junction, the greater part arrived and left southwards towards Moor Row and therefore passed through Cleator Moor. Mineral traffic was also generated locally from the quarries and mines such as the Iron Works within sight of the station.
In 1922 seven all stations passenger trains called at Cleator Moor East in each direction, with an extra on Whitehaven Market Day. Four were Rowrah to Whitehaven services, the other three plied a long, circuitous route between Workington Main and Whitehaven via Camerton, Marron Junction, Ullock, Rowrah and Moor Row.[8]
Cleator Moor East station's owning Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont company was taken over by the LNWR and Furness Railway in 1879 as a Joint Line, whereafter the section through the station was usually worked by the LNWR.[9]
Goods traffic typically consisted of a two daily turns Up and Down.
Mineral traffic was the dominant flow, though this was subject to considerable fluctuation with trade cycles. Stations and signalling along the line south of Rowrah were changed during the Joint regime to conform to Furness Railway standards.[10]
Rundown and closureedit
The station closed on 13 April 1931 when normal passenger traffic ended along the line, though workmen's trains were reinstated in March 1940, only to be withdrawn a month later. An enthusiasts' special ran through on 5 September 1954. After scant occasional use the line northwards from Rowrah was abandoned in 1960 and subsequently lifted.[11]
The line southwards from Rowrah through Cleator Moor East lead a charmed life, continuing with a limestone flow from a quarry at Rowrah until 1978, after which all traffic ceased and the tracks were lifted.[12]
Afterlifeedit
By 2013 the station appeared to have been demolished and some of the trackbed had become a Public Open Space.
Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
Croughton, Godfrey; Kidner, Roger W.; Young, Alan (1982). Private and Untimetabled Railway Stations, Halts and Stopping Places X 43. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN0-85361-281-1.
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. ISBN978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
Joy, David (1983). Lake Counties (Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN094653702X.
McGowan Gradon, W. (2004) [1952]. The Track of the Ironmasters: A History of the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway. Grange-over-Sands: Cumbrian Railways Association. ISBN0-9540232-2-6.
Anderson, Paul (April 2002). Hawkins, Chris (ed.). "Dog in the Manger? The Track of the Ironmasters". British Railways Illustrated. 11 (7). Clophill: Irwell Press Ltd.
Bairstow, Martin (1995). Railways In The Lake District. Martin Bairstow. ISBN1-871944-11-2.
Bowtell, Harold D. (1989). Rails through Lakeland: An Illustrated Journey of the Workington-Cockermouth-Keswick-Penrith Railway 1847-1972. Wyre, Lancashire: Silverling Publishing Ltd. ISBN0-947971-26-2.
Western, Robert (2001). The Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway OL113. Usk: Oakwood Press. ISBN0-85361-564-0.
External linksedit
Map of the line with photos, via RAILSCOT
The station on overlain OS maps surveyed from 1898, via National Library of Scotland
All three closed stations on a 1948 OS Map, via npe maps
The station, via Rail Map Online
Cleator Moor East station and deviation line, via railwaycodes
The railways of Cumbria, via Cumbrian Railways Association
Photos of Cumbrian railways, via Cumbrian Railways Association
Cumbrian Industrial History, via Cumbria Industrial History Society
The line's and station's Engineer's Line References, via railwaycodes.org.uk
Furness Railtour using many West Cumberland lines 5 September 1954, via sixbellsjunction
1882 RCH Diagram showing the station, see page 173 of the pdf, via google
Haematite, via earthminerals
January 01, 1970
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Cleator Moor has had three passenger stations The original 1857 Cleator Moor station which became a goods station when it was replaced in 1866 Its 1866 replacement which went on to be known as Cleator Moor East and the rival 1879 station which went on to be known as Cleator Moor West Cleator Moor EastGeneral informationLocationCleator Moor CopelandEnglandCoordinates54 31 31 N 3 31 41 W 54 5254 N 3 5281 W 54 5254 3 5281Grid referenceNY011155Platforms2 1 Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyWhitehaven Cleator and Egremont RailwayPre groupingLNWR amp FR Joint RailwayPost groupingLondon Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates1866Opened as Cleator Moor replaced original station 2 2 June 1924Renamed Cleator Moor East 13 April 1931Closed to passengers 3 11 March 1940Reopened to workmen s trains 4 8 April 1940ClosedLocationCleator Moor EastLocation in present day Copeland BoroughShow map of the former Borough of CopelandCleator Moor EastLocation in present day CumbriaShow map of Cumbria 1904 railway junctions around Cleator Moor Parton Rowrah amp Whitehaven vteWhitehaven Cleator amp Egremont Railway Legend Cleator and WorkingtonJunction Railway Cumbrian Coast lineto Carlisle Cockermouth andWorkington Railway Marron Junction Workington Central Workington Main Bridgefoot Harrington Parton Halt Branthwaite Distington Distington Works Gilgarran Branch Ullock Parton Lamplugh Rowrah Whitehaven Summit Winder Whitehaven Tunnel Yeathouse Corkickle Eskett Mirehouse Junction Eskett Junction Moor Row Frizington St Bees Cleator Moor West Cleator Moor East St Bees Golf Halt Cleator Moor first Woodend Gillfoot Egremont Nethertown St Thomas CrossPlatform Beckermet Mines Braystones Beckermet Sellafield Cumbrian Coast lineto Barrow in Furness Cleator Moor East railway station was the second station built by the Whitehaven Cleator and Egremont Railway in the growing industrial town of Cleator Moor Cumbria England 5 6 Contents 1 History 2 Services 3 Rundown and closure 4 Afterlife 5 See also 6 References 6 1 Sources 7 Further reading 8 External linksHistory editThe line was one of the fruits of the rapid industrialisation of West Cumberland in the second half of the nineteenth century The original Cleator Moor station opened to passengers on 1 July 1857 on the line being developed from Moor Row to Rowrah Subsidence led the company to build a deviation line which curved round the west side of the original station and the growing settlement in a similar manner to what it was forced to do at Eskett a few miles to the east They built a passenger station on the deviation line known locally as The Bowthorn Line 7 which would go on to be called Cleator Moor East When the deviation line and station opened in 1866 the original station was closed to passengers and became Cleator Moor Goods Depot It remained open for goods traffic until the 1950s Services editWhilst some Whitehaven Cleator and Egremont Railway WCER mineral goods and passenger traffic to and from Rowrah passed north along the line to Marron Junction the greater part arrived and left southwards towards Moor Row and therefore passed through Cleator Moor Mineral traffic was also generated locally from the quarries and mines such as the Iron Works within sight of the station In 1922 seven all stations passenger trains called at Cleator Moor East in each direction with an extra on Whitehaven Market Day Four were Rowrah to Whitehaven services the other three plied a long circuitous route between Workington Main and Whitehaven via Camerton Marron Junction Ullock Rowrah and Moor Row 8 Cleator Moor East station s owning Whitehaven Cleator and Egremont company was taken over by the LNWR and Furness Railway in 1879 as a Joint Line whereafter the section through the station was usually worked by the LNWR 9 Goods traffic typically consisted of a two daily turns Up and Down Mineral traffic was the dominant flow though this was subject to considerable fluctuation with trade cycles Stations and signalling along the line south of Rowrah were changed during the Joint regime to conform to Furness Railway standards 10 Rundown and closure editThe station closed on 13 April 1931 when normal passenger traffic ended along the line though workmen s trains were reinstated in March 1940 only to be withdrawn a month later An enthusiasts special ran through on 5 September 1954 After scant occasional use the line northwards from Rowrah was abandoned in 1960 and subsequently lifted 11 The line southwards from Rowrah through Cleator Moor East lead a charmed life continuing with a limestone flow from a quarry at Rowrah until 1978 after which all traffic ceased and the tracks were lifted 12 Afterlife editBy 2013 the station appeared to have been demolished and some of the trackbed had become a Public Open Space Preceding station Disused railways Following station FrizingtonLine and station closed Whitehaven Cleator and Egremont Railway Moor RowLine and station closedSee also edit nbsp Cumbria portal Furness Railway Cleator and Workington Junction RailwayReferences edit Suggitt 2008 p 54 Suggitt 2008 p 52 Butt 1995 p 63 Croughton Kidner amp Young 1982 p 59 Smith amp Turner 2012 Map 26 Jowett 1989 Map 36 Joy 1983 p 166 Bradshaw 1985 p 510 McGowan Gradon 2004 p 12 W McGowan Gradon s 1942 Furness Railway study via cumberlandarchives co uk Archived from the original on 26 January 2016 Retrieved 8 January 2016 Atterbury 2009 p 208 Suggitt 2008 p 59 Sources edit Atterbury Paul 2009 Along Lost Lines Newton Abbot David amp Charles ISBN 978 0 7153 2706 7 Bradshaw George 1985 July 1922 Bradshaw s General Railway and Steam Navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland A reprint of the July 1922 issue Newton Abbot David amp Charles ISBN 978 0 7153 8708 5 OCLC 12500436 Butt R V J October 1995 The Directory of Railway Stations details every public and private passenger station halt platform and stopping place past and present 1st ed Sparkford Patrick Stephens Ltd ISBN 978 1 85260 508 7 OCLC 60251199 OL 11956311M Croughton Godfrey Kidner Roger W Young Alan 1982 Private and Untimetabled Railway Stations Halts and Stopping Places X 43 Headington Oxford The Oakwood Press ISBN 0 85361 281 1 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 978 1 85260 086 0 OCLC 22311137 Joy David 1983 Lake Counties Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Newton Abbot David amp Charles ISBN 094653702X McGowan Gradon W 2004 1952 The Track of the Ironmasters A History of the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway Grange over Sands Cumbrian Railways Association ISBN 0 9540232 2 6 Smith Paul Turner Keith 2012 Railway Atlas Then and Now Ian Allan Publishing ISBN 978 0 7110 3695 6 Suggitt Gordon 2008 Lost Railways of Cumbria Railway Series Newbury Countryside Books ISBN 978 1 84674 107 4 Further reading editBritish Railways Pre Grouping Atlas And Gazetteer Shepperton Ian Allan Publishing 1997 1958 ISBN 0 7110 0320 3 Anderson Paul April 2002 Hawkins Chris ed Dog in the Manger The Track of the Ironmasters British Railways Illustrated 11 7 Clophill Irwell Press Ltd Bairstow Martin 1995 Railways In The Lake District Martin Bairstow ISBN 1 871944 11 2 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 Marshall John 1981 Forgotten Railways North West England Newton Abbot David amp Charles ISBN 0 7153 8003 6 Western Robert 2001 The Cockermouth Keswick and Penrith Railway OL113 Usk Oakwood Press ISBN 0 85361 564 0 External links editMap of the line with photos via RAILSCOT The station on overlain OS maps surveyed from 1898 via National Library of Scotland All three closed stations on a 1948 OS Map via npe maps The station via Rail Map Online Cleator Moor East station and deviation line via railwaycodes The railways of Cumbria via Cumbrian Railways Association Photos of Cumbrian railways via Cumbrian Railways Association The railways of Cumbria via Railways of Cumbria Cumbrian Industrial History via Cumbria Industrial History Society The line s and station s Engineer s Line References via railwaycodes org uk Furness Railtour using many West Cumberland lines 5 September 1954 via sixbellsjunction A video tour de force of the region s closed lines via cumbriafilmarchive 1882 RCH Diagram showing the station see page 173 of the pdf via google Haematite via earthminerals Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cleator Moor East railway station amp oldid 1032750779, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
