Abbey Town

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Abbey [Town] (1856-1889)
Abbey Town (1889-1964)

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

Opened on the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock.

Description

This was a single platform station with a single platform, just to the west of Abbey Junction [NBR]. It was located in the north of the village of Abbey Town.

There was a goods yard west of the platform and on the south side of the line. It was approached from the east.

A box opened in 1940 when the box at Abbey Junction [NBR] closed.

The station, box and line closed in 1964.

The station building is now a house.

Tags

Station


Chronology Dates

  /08/1889Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock
Abbey renamed Abbey Town.
07/09/1964Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock
Line closed to passengers. Abbey Town closed.