Broughton-in-Furness_railway_station Knowpia

Broughton-in-Furness
Broughton-in-Furness
	Station remains in 1966
General information
Location	Broughton-in-Furness, South Lakeland; England
Coordinates	54°16′34″N 3°12′43″W / 54.276°N 3.212°W
Grid reference	SD2187
Platforms	1 (2 after 1903)
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Coniston Railway
Pre-grouping	Furness Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1848	Station opened as a terminus
June 1859	Line extended to Coniston
6 October 1958	Station closed to passengers
30 April 1962	Station closed completely
Location
	Broughton-in-Furness Location in modern-day South Lakeland Broughton-in-Furness Location in modern-day Cumbria

Broughton-in-Furness railway station served the market town of Broughton-in-Furness, in Lancashire, England (now in Cumbria).^[4] It was on the branch line to Coniston.^[5]

Coniston Railway

Legend

Coniston copper mines

Summit

Five Arches Viaduct

Cumbrian Coast line

to Whitehaven

Foxfield

Cumbrian Coast line

to Barrow-in-Furness

History edit

In 1848 the Furness Railway extended its line from Barrow to Kirkby-in-Furness to nearby Broughton-in-Furness with the intention of serving local copper mines. Authorised by Parliament in August 1857 the extension to Coniston was open less than two years later, in June 1859.^[6] British Railways closed the station and the branch to passengers in 1958 and goods in 1962.^[7]

The station building remains.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Foxfield Line closed, station open		Furness Railway Coniston Railway		Woodland Line and station closed

References edit

^ Gammell 1994, p. 282.
^ Andrews & Holme 2005, p. 17.
^ Norman 1994, pp. 73–74.
^ Andrews & Holme 2005, pp. 17–20.
^ Robinson 2002, p. 20.
^ Searle 1982, p. 187.
^ Western 2007, p. 80.

Sources edit

Andrews, Michael; Holme, Geoff (2005). The Coniston Railway. Pinner: Cumbrian Railways Association. ISBN 978-0-9540232-3-2.
Gammell, C. J. (May 1994). Kennedy, Rex (ed.). "Just a few lines... Cumbria". Steam Days (57). Bournemouth: Redgauntlet Publications. ISSN 0269-0020.
Norman, K.J. (1994). Railway Heritage, The Furness Railway. Wadenhoe: Silver Link. ISBN 978-1-85794-016-9.
Robinson, Peter W. (2002). Cumbria's Lost Railways. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84033-205-6.
Searle, Muriel V. (1982). Lost Lines: Anthology of Britain's Lost Railways. London: New Cavendish Books. ISBN 978-0-904568-45-5.
Western, Robert (2007). The Coniston Railway (Locomotive Papers). Catrine: The Oakwood Press (now Stenlake Publishing). ISBN 978-0-85361-667-2.