This junction was on the short length of connecting line which allowed trains from the Waverley Route to approach Carlisle station from the north.
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This junction was north of Carlisle. It was the eastern end of a connecting line, Port Carlisle Junction to Canal Junction Curve (Caledonian Railway) opened in 1860 to give the Waverley Route an approach to Carlisle station.
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North of Caldew Junction and south of the former Port Carlisle Branch Junction two double track viaducts cross over the River Caldew. The eastern of these carries the West Coast Main Line, formerly the Caledonian Railway, north from Carlisle. The western was built to carry goods lines north from Caldew Junction (and the closed [[Carlisle Goods Loop (Carlisle Goods Traffic ...

This junction, also known as Carlisle No 3, was north of Carlisle station. It was where, in 1877, a northern end of the Carlisle Goods Loop (Carlisle Goods Traffic Committee) met the Caledonian Railway. Today it is the southern extremity of the goods lines which pass through Kingmoor Marshalling Yard where these rejoin the main line.
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In 1877 the existing northern approach to Carlisle station was rebuilt in anticipation of the opening of the Carlisle Goods Loop (Carlisle Goods Traffic Committee). Works were considerable.
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