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Brayton

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Brayton (1848-1950)

Opened on the Maryport and Carlisle Railway.
Opened on the Solway Junction Railway.

Nearby stations Baggrow Low Row [Cumbria] Aspatria Bromfield Arkleby Leegate Mealsgate High Blaithwaite Abbey Town Abbey Junction [CR] Abbey Junction [NBR] Bullgill Brookfield Black Dyke Halt Causeway Head	Brayton Junction Brayton Domain Colliery Brayton Shed Aspatria Pit No 2 Factory Aspatria Pit No 1 Wardhall Lime Works Aikbank Junction Quarries Abbeyholme Junction Mine Crosby Colliery Britishg Sidac Factory The Battery Solway Chemical Works
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

02/12/1844	Maryport and Carlisle Railway Line extended from Aspatria to Low Row [Cumbria]. Brayton opened for Sir Wilfred Lawson MP of Brayton Hall.
/ /1864	Solway Junction Railway Act receives Royal assent for a line consisting to two parts: Kirtlebridge (Caledonian Railway) to Kirkbride Junction (Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock) and Abbeyholme Junction (Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock) to Brayton (Maryport and Carlisle Railway). The first part will cross the considerable Solway Viaduct between Scotland an England. The Act included an Annan Waterfoot Branch and a Port Carlisle Branch both of which were not built.
/ /1865	Maryport and Carlisle Railway Running powers for the Caledonian Railway, who would work the Solway Junction Railway, obtained for the Maryport and Carlisle Railway between Brayton Junction and Brayton.
13/09/1869	Solway Junction Railway Annan [Shawhill] to Brayton opened to minerals. Brayton Shed opened at Brayton with two roads, sidings and a turntable in the junction between the Solway Junction Railway and the Maryport and Carlisle Railway.
16/09/1869	Solway Junction Railway Abbey Junction [CR] (Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock) to Brayton opened for goods (Maryport and Carlisle Railway).
08/08/1870	Solway Junction Railway Solway Junction Railway open throughout. Annan (Shawhill) to Kirkbride Junction over the Solway Viaduct and Abbey Junction [CR] to Brayton opened to passengers.
01/07/1895	Solway Junction Railway Section from Abbey Junction [CR] to Brayton transferred to the Caledonian Railway.
05/06/1950	Maryport and Carlisle Railway Curthwaite, Leegate, Brayton and Dearham Bridge closed.
27/09/1965	Maryport and Carlisle Railway Brayton closed to passengers.

Books

A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The Lake Counties v. 14 (Regional Railway History)

An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways