| 16/07/1846 | Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
Act receives Royal assent. It was originally stipulated that the line was not allowed to compete with the Caledonian Railway for Glasgow to Carlisle traffic. |
| 26/08/1847 | Caledonian Railway
Locomotive runs all the way from Carlisle to Beattock before opening. |
| 01/09/1847 | Caledonian Railway
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Carlisle Citadel opened. The short Maryport and Carlisle Railway branch to Carlisle Crown Street is crossed, on the level, by the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway on its approach to the new Carlisle Citadel. This approach had crossed the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway on the level too, just to the south east. |
| 04/09/1847 | Caledonian Railway
Captain Simmonds of the Board of Trade inspects the line from Carlisle to Beattock. |
| 10/09/1847 | Caledonian Railway
Carlisle to Beattock opened. |
| 01/03/1851 | Glasgow and South Western Railway
Agrees to access to Carlisle Citadel for £1000 per annum. |
| 02/04/1851 | Maryport and Carlisle Railway
Agreement reached for access to Carlisle Citadel. On the same day the Maryport line makes first use of the station. Approach from Maryport was made via the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, on which a reversal was required, and a short Maryport owned curve opened in 1851. |
| 01/06/1851 | Maryport and Carlisle Railway
Carlisle Crown Street's old tracks attached to Carlisle Citadel by permission of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway and Caledonian Railway. |
| / /1852 | Carlisle Citadel Approach [1st] (Maryport and Carlisle Railway)
The Maryport and Carlisle Railway opened a curve (which crossed the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway on the level) to reach Crown Street Goods [MCR] and Carlisle Citadel, the new approach avoiding a reversal carried out between 1851 and 1852 to reach the station. The short Maryport curve from the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway to the London and North Western Railway closes. |
| 28/03/1853 | Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
Glasgow and South Western Railway authorised to run over the Caledonian Railway between Gretna Junction and Carlisle. |
| 01/09/1853 | Maryport and Carlisle Railway
Company agrees to pay £300 per annum for access to Carlisle Citadel. |
| 06/06/1855 | Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
Glasgow and South Western Railway authorised until 1874 to run over the Caledonian Railway between Gretna Junction and Carlisle. |
| 10/05/1857 | Caledonian Railway
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
The Caledonian Railway and Lancaster and Carlisle Railway make the 'Citadel Station Agreement' for Carlisle Citadel. |
| / /1859 | Border Union Railway (North British Railway)
Port Carlisle Junction to Canal Junction Curve (Caledonian Railway)
Caledonian Railway
Line authorised between Hawick and Carlisle. Running powers granted for the North British Railway over two short portions of the Caledonian Railway. Gretna: Gretna Border Union Junction to Gretna GSWR Junction to allow traffic exchange with the Glasgow and South Western Railway using the NBR's proposed Gretna branch. Carlisle: Canal Junction [Carlisle] to Port Carlisle Junction to Carlisle Citadel, more importantly giving access to the intended southern terminus (not NBR owned). |
| / /1860 | Caledonian Railway
Border Union Railway (North British Railway)
The North British Railway is authorised to use Carlisle Citadel. |
| / /1861 | Caledonian Railway
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Agreement to enlarge Carlisle Citadel station, owned by the Caledonian Railway and Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. A joint committee is to be created which will include the Glasgow and South Western Railway, Maryport and Carlisle Railway and North British Railway. |
| 08/01/1861 | Caledonian Railway
The use of Carlisle Citadel by the North British Railway is agreed. |
| 10/10/1861 | Port Carlisle Junction to Canal Junction Curve (Caledonian Railway)
Branch opened, giving the Port Carlisle line access to Carlisle Citadel. |
| 29/10/1861 | Border Union Railway (North British Railway)
Opened from Canal Junction [Carlisle] to Scotch Dyke. Trains run from Carlisle Citadel. Stations opened at Harker, West Linton [Cumbria], Longtown, Scotch Dyke. North British Railway trains use Carlisle Citadel for the first time. |
| 14/05/1862 | Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
An agreement that the North Eastern Railway, which will take over the N&C, can have access to Carlisle Citadel. |
| 01/07/1862 | Border Union Railway (North British Railway)
The line from Edinburgh Waverley to Carlisle Citadel via Galashiels and Hawick [2nd] is completed. The line opened from Hawick [2nd] to Scotch Dyke. Stations opened at Hawick [2nd], Barnes, Shankend, Riccarton, Steele Road, Newcastleton, Kershope Foot, Penton, Riddings Junction (and Canonbie on the incomplete Langholm branch). (Alternative date 01/08/1862.) |
| 01/01/1863 | Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
North Eastern Railway trains start to run into Carlisle Citadel station. |
| 01/07/1864 | Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock
The North British Railway starts running Silloth and Port Carlisle trains to Carlisle Citadel. |
| / /1865 | Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway
Caledonian Railway
Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway absorbed by Caledonian Railway. The Caledonian Railway grants running powers to the London and North Western Railway between Carlisle Citadel, Lockerbie and Dumfries. |
| / /1866 | Settle and Carlisle Line (Midland Railway)
Bill for the line presented with support from the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Glasgow and South Western Railway and the North British Railway (who did not have a partner other than the North Eastern Railway route to Newcastle Central for taking traffic from the Border Union Railway (North British Railway) (Waverley Route) at Carlisle). |
| 16/07/1866 | Settle and Carlisle Line (Midland Railway)
Act passed. Running powers over the North Eastern Railway to enter Carlisle Citadel given. |
| 31/01/1867 | Caledonian Railway
London and North Western Railway
Caledonian Railway given running powers over the London and North Western Railway from Carlisle Citadel to Preston. |
| / /1869 | Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint RailwayGlasgow and South Western RailwayCaledonian Railway
Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Line committee formed for the under construction line. The joint line includes the Caledonian Railways former Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway. This gives the G&SWR a shorter route to Kilmarnock (and Carlisle) just as the City of Glasgow Union Railway, and its Glasgow St Enoch, is under development. It gives the Caledonian access to Kilmarnock with some running powers beyond. |
| 01/05/1876 | Settle and Carlisle Line (Midland Railway)
First passenger train. Midland Railway trains run through Carlisle Citadel, continued north by the North British Railway or Glasgow and South Western Railway. |
| 11/06/1876 | Caledonian Railway
New deviation of approach to Carlisle Citadel opened. Railway No 2. |
| 08/07/1877 | London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway's new diverted approach to Carlisle Citadel is opened. Railway No 1. |
| 08/07/1877 | Carlisle Realignment (Maryport and Carlisle Railway)
(Or 7th.) New deviation of the approach to Carlisle Citadel for the Maryport and Carlisle Railway opened. Railway No 8. Currock Junction to Carlisle Citadel - opened due to the modifications to the goods avoiding lines through Carlisle. |
| 08/07/1877 | Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway opens a new southern approach to Carlisle Citadel, London and North Western Railway No 1 Approach Line. |
| 26/08/1877 | North Eastern Railway
Deviation of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway approach to Carlisle Citadel opened. Railway No 6. |
| 20/09/1877 | Caledonian Railway
The Victoria Viaduct, crossing the north end of Carlisle Citadel station on a north-south axis, opened to road traffic. |
| 04/07/1880 | Carlisle Citadel
Enlarged Carlisle Citadel station fully opened. |
| 14/04/1914 | Edinburgh and Northern Railway
Collision at Burntisland East Junction between London to Aberdeen Joint express and Carlisle to Dundee goods. |
| 06/01/1969 | Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
Border Union Railway (North British Railway)
Carlisle and Port Carlisle Railway and Dock
Edinburgh (Portobello East Junction) to Hawick [2nd] to Carlisle (Port Carlisle Junction) closed to passengers. Newtongrange [1st], Gorebridge, Tynehead, Heriot, Fountainhall, Stow, Galashiels [1st], Melrose, St Boswells, Hassendean, Hawick [2nd], Stobs, Shankend, Riccarton Junction, Steele Road, Newcastleton stations closed. |
| 06/05/1974 | Caledonian Railway
Wishaw and Coltness Railway
Clydesdale Junction Railway
Polloc and Govan Railway
Glasgow Central Station (Caledonian Railway)
Glasgow Central to Carlisle electrification complete. |
| 17/03/1979 | North British Railway
The Penmanshiel Disaster closes the East Coast Main Line. A 20 metre section of the Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses resulting in the deaths of Peter Fowler and Gordon Turnbull who were working in the tunnel to increase headroom for 8' 6'' high containers. The floor of the tunnel was being dug out and lowered. Diversion of East Coast trains via Carlisle was required. The tunnel was abandoned and sealed. A deviation was to be opened to the west. |
