Carlisle London Road
Location type
StationNames and dates
Carlisle [London Road] (1836-1844)Carlisle London Road (1844-1862)
Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Station code: National RailOpened on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway.
Description
This was the passenger terminus of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, the first station in Carlisle. The station was on the east side of London road and sidestepped, on its south side, by the 1837 branch to the Carlisle and Port Carlisle Canal.
The station building, used as a goods shed since 1862, still stands.
Tags
TerminusExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Crown Street Bogfield Carlisle Carlisle Canal [Station] Scotby [NER] Port Carlisle Junction Cummersdale Scotby [MR] Brisco Cumwhinton Wetheral Parkhouse Halt Dalston Harker Wreay | London Road Junction [Carlisle] Lindisfarne Street Tram Depot London Road Goods [Carlisle] London Road Shed [Carlisle] Carlisle Durranhill Goods [MR] St Nicholas Shed Cowans Sheldon Works Petteril Bridge Junction St Nicholas Goods Carlisle Upperby Holding Sidings Carlisle Upperby Shed Upperby Goods Bog Junction Upperby Junction High Wapping Sidings |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1846 | Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Line opened. The line does not have a Carlisle terminus. In Carlisle the line joins the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway at London Road Junction [Carlisle]. The N&C's passenger terminus, Carlisle London Road, could be reached by reversal. |
| 18/03/1849 | Maryport and Carlisle Railway Trains terminate at Carlisle London Road. |
