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Woodland
Woodland
	The site of the station in 2013
General information
Location	Woodland, Cumbria, South Lakeland; England
Coordinates	54°18′13″N 3°10′04″W / 54.3036°N 3.1678°W
Grid reference	SD2489
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Coniston Railway
Pre-grouping	Furness Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1859	Station opened
6 October 1958	Station closed to passengers
30 April 1962	Station closed completely
Location
	Woodland Location in present-day South Lakeland Woodland Location in present-day Cumbria

Woodland railway station served the hamlet of Woodland, in Lancashire, England (now in Cumbria). It was on the branch line to Coniston.

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

Authorised by Parliament in August 1857 the line to Coniston was open less than two years later in June 1859.^[3] British Railways closed the station and the branch to passengers in 1958 and goods in 1962.^[4]

The station building remains and is a private residence.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Broughton-in-Furness Line and station closed		Furness Railway Coniston Railway		Torver Line and station closed

References edit

^ Andrews & Holme 2005, p. 24.
^ Robinson 2002, p. 21.
^ 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.
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.