Micklam railway station served the fireclay mine and brickworks at Micklam, a short distance north of Lowca in the former county of Cumberland, England, which is now part of Cumbria.
A public passenger service called at the station between 2 June 1913 and May 1926, though unadvertised workmen's trains had started in April 1912 and continued until April 1929, after which all forms of passenger service ceased.
By 1922 the service had settled down to three trains each way between Lowca and Workington Central, calling at Micklam. There was an extra on Saturdays, but it passed through Micklam without stopping.. There never was a public Sunday service.[4]
The railway through Micklam was first and foremost a mineral railway, with the short-lived workmen's and passenger services an afterthought. Lines first reached the site at the end of the Nineteenth Century, eventually running northwards towards Workington and southeastwards to meet the Gilgarran Branch at Bain's Siding. The driving forces were coal at Lowca, fireclay and bricks (primarily aimed at lining furnaces at Workington's steelworks), coke and coking bi-products. Centrepiece for over fifty years was Harrington No. 10 Colliery which, confusingly, was not in Harrington, but in Lowca.
A seldom-photographed 2 feet 6 inches (760 mm) railway emerged from the fireclay drift mine then ran parallel to the Lowca Light railway along the clifftop to Micklam brickworks.[5]
Between them these industrial concerns sustained the railway through Micklam until final closure to all traffic in May 1973.
Andrews, Dr Michael (May 2001). Peascod, Michael (ed.). "The Harrington and Lowca Light Railway". Cumbrian Railways. 7 (2). Pinner: Cumbrian Railways Association. ISSN 1466-6812.
Edgar, Gordon (2016). Industrial Locomotives & Railways of Cumbria. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. ISBN978-1-4456-4833-0.
Further readingedit
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.
Jackson, Stanley; Sisson, Norman; Haywood, T.R. (October 1982b). Peascod, Michael (ed.). "The Cleator and Workington Junction Railway". Cumbrian Railways. 2 (12). Pinner: Cumbrian Railways Association. ISSN 1466-6812.
News, Notes and (August 1973). Slater, J.N. (ed.). "Lowca Light Railway Closes". The Railway Magazine. 119 (868). London: Tothill Press Limited. {{cite journal}}: |last= has generic name (help)
Webb, David R. (October 1964b). Cooke, B.W.C. (ed.). "Between the Solway and Sellafield: Part Two". The Railway Magazine. 110 (762). London: Tothill Press Limited.
Bibliographyedit
Bairstow, Martin (1995). Railways In The Lake District. Martin Bairstow. ISBN1-871944-11-2.
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.
Haynes, James Allen (April 1920). Cleator & Workington Junction Railway Working Time Table. Central Station, Workington: Cleator and Workington Junction Railway.
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.
Quayle, Howard (2007). Whitehaven: The Railways and Waggonways of a Unique Cumberland Port. Pinner: Cumbrian Railways Association. ISBN978-0-9540232-5-6.
Quick, Michael (September 2009). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain - a Chronology. Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN978-0-901461-57-5.
Robinson, Peter W. (2002). Cumbria's Lost Railways. Stenlake Publishing. ISBN1-84033-205-0.
Robinson, Peter W. (1985). Railways of Cumbria. Clapham, via Lancaster: Dalesman Books. ISBN0-85206-815-8.
Suggitt, Gordon (2008). Lost Railways of Cumbria (Railway Series). Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN978-1-84674-107-4.
External linksedit
The closed station on an inter-war OS map National Library of Scotland
The station Rail Map Online
Latterday steam at Lowca flickr
Latterday steam at Lowca flickr
Industrial relics at Lowca flickr
The line railwaycodes
The Harrington collieries Haig Pit Mining Museum
January 01, 1970
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Micklam railway station served the fireclay mine and brickworks at Micklam a short distance north of Lowca in the former county of Cumberland England which is now part of Cumbria MicklamGeneral informationLocationMicklam near Lowca Cumbria CopelandEnglandCoordinates54 35 09 N 3 34 42 W 54 5859 N 3 5782 W 54 5859 3 5782Grid referenceNX981223Platforms1 1 Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyLowca Light RailwayPost groupingLowca Light RailwayKey dates15 April 1912Workmen s service commenced2 June 1913Public passenger service 2 31 May 1926Public passenger service ended1 April 1929Workmen s service ended 3 vteLowca Light Railway and Gilgarran Branch Legend Key open line Gilgarran Branch Lowca Light Railway other closed lines Cumbrian Coast lineto Maryport Maryport amp Carlisle Rlyto Dearham Flimby Linefoot Siddick Junction Linefoot Junction Cleator and WorkingtonJunction Railway Great Broughton St Helens Colliery Maryport amp Carlisle Rlyto Brigham Dock Junction Seaton Dock Calva Junction Derwent JunctionCloffocks Junction to Marron Junction Workington Main Workington Central Solway Colliery Derwent Ironworks Moss Bay north Moss Bay Cart Siding Ironworks south Harrington Junction Harrington Church Road Halt High Harrington Harrington Rosehill Archer Street Halt Harrington Harbour Rose Hill Platform Rose Hill Junction Copperas Hill Whitehaven Cleator amp Egremont Rly toRowrah Micklam Ullock Lowca Distington Junctionto Marron Junction Distington Wythemoor Colliery Bain s Siding Distington Ironworks United Steel CompaniesWorkmen s Halt Parton Halt Oatlands Cleator amp Workington Jn Rlyto Rowrah Parton Cumbrian Coast lineto Whitehaven Cleator amp Workington Jn Rlyto Cleator Moor West 1972 Key open line Gilgarran Branch Lowca Light Railway other closed lines closed amp lifted lines Cumbrian Coast lineto Maryport Flimby formerlyto Dearham Siddick Junction Linefoot Junction RNAD Broughton Moor St Helens Colliery formerlyto Brigham Dock Junction Seaton Dock Calva Junction Derwent JunctionCloffocks Junction formerlyto Marron Junction Workington Main Workington Central Solway Colliery Derwent Ironworks Moss Bay north Moss Bay Cart Siding Ironworks south Harrington Junction Harrington Church Road Halt High Harrington Harrington Rosehill Archer Street Halt Harrington Harbour Rose Hill Platform Rose Hill Junction Copperas Hill formerlyto Rowrah Micklam Ullock Lowca Distington Junctionformerly to Marron Junction Distington Wythemoor Colliery Bain s Siding Distington Ironworks United Steel CompaniesWorkmen s Halt Parton Halt Oatlands formerlyto Rowrah Parton Cumbrian Coast lineto Whitehaven formerlyto Cleator Moor West A public passenger service called at the station between 2 June 1913 and May 1926 though unadvertised workmen s trains had started in April 1912 and continued until April 1929 after which all forms of passenger service ceased By 1922 the service had settled down to three trains each way between Lowca and Workington Central calling at Micklam There was an extra on Saturdays but it passed through Micklam without stopping There never was a public Sunday service 4 The station was on the Harrington and Lowca Light Railway which connected with the Cleator amp Workington Junction Railway CWJR at Rosehill Junction south of Harrington Village Workmen s services to and from Micklam variously ran from Moss Bay Cart Siding Maryport during the First World War Workington Central and Seaton Cumbria Public passenger trains ran to these last two only Contents 1 Freight services 2 See also 3 References 4 Sources 5 Further reading 6 Bibliography 7 External linksFreight services editThe railway through Micklam was first and foremost a mineral railway with the short lived workmen s and passenger services an afterthought Lines first reached the site at the end of the Nineteenth Century eventually running northwards towards Workington and southeastwards to meet the Gilgarran Branch at Bain s Siding The driving forces were coal at Lowca fireclay and bricks primarily aimed at lining furnaces at Workington s steelworks coke and coking bi products Centrepiece for over fifty years was Harrington No 10 Colliery which confusingly was not in Harrington but in Lowca A seldom photographed 2 feet 6 inches 760 mm railway emerged from the fireclay drift mine then ran parallel to the Lowca Light railway along the clifftop to Micklam brickworks 5 Between them these industrial concerns sustained the railway through Micklam until final closure to all traffic in May 1973 Preceding station Disused railways Following station Copperas HillLine and station closed Lowca Light Railway LowcaLine and station closedSee also editGilgarran Branch Cleator and Workington Junction RailwayReferences edit Possibly Micklam railway station via Whitehaven News 1913 Public Timetable via Cumbrian Railways Association Andrews 2001 pp 20 23 Bradshaw 1985 p 595 Edgar 2016 p 49 Sources editAndrews Dr Michael May 2001 Peascod Michael ed The Harrington and Lowca Light Railway Cumbrian Railways 7 2 Pinner Cumbrian Railways Association ISSN 1466 6812 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 Edgar Gordon 2016 Industrial Locomotives amp Railways of Cumbria Stroud Amberley Publishing ISBN 978 1 4456 4833 0 Further reading editAnderson Paul April 2002 Hawkins Chris ed Dog in the Manger The Track of the Ironmasters British Railways Illustrated 11 7 Clophill Irwell Press Ltd Jackson Stanley Sisson Norman Haywood T R October 1982b Peascod Michael ed The Cleator and Workington Junction Railway Cumbrian Railways 2 12 Pinner Cumbrian Railways Association ISSN 1466 6812 News Notes and August 1973 Slater J N ed Lowca Light Railway Closes The Railway Magazine 119 868 London Tothill Press Limited a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a last has generic name help Webb David R October 1964b Cooke B W C ed Between the Solway and Sellafield Part Two The Railway Magazine 110 762 London Tothill Press Limited Bibliography editBairstow Martin 1995 Railways In The Lake District Martin Bairstow ISBN 1 871944 11 2 British Railways Pre Grouping Atlas And Gazetteer Shepperton Ian Allan Publishing 1997 1958 ISBN 0 7110 0320 3 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 Haynes James Allen April 1920 Cleator amp Workington Junction Railway Working Time Table Central Station Workington Cleator and Workington Junction Railway 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 Marshall John 1981 Forgotten Railways North West England Newton Abbot David amp Charles ISBN 0 7153 8003 6 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 Quayle Howard 2007 Whitehaven The Railways and Waggonways of a Unique Cumberland Port Pinner Cumbrian Railways Association ISBN 978 0 9540232 5 6 Quick Michael September 2009 Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain a Chronology Railway amp Canal Historical Society ISBN 978 0 901461 57 5 Robinson Peter W 2002 Cumbria s Lost Railways Stenlake Publishing ISBN 1 84033 205 0 Robinson Peter W 1985 Railways of Cumbria Clapham via Lancaster Dalesman Books ISBN 0 85206 815 8 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 External links editThe closed station on an inter war OS map National Library of Scotland The station Rail Map Online Latterday steam at Lowca flickr Latterday steam at Lowca flickr Industrial relics at Lowca flickr The line railwaycodes The Harrington collieries Haig Pit Mining Museum Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Micklam railway station amp oldid 1116935152, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
