Keswick

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Keswick (1865-1972)

Where: North West England, England
Opened on the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway.

Description

This station was in the north of the town of Keswick and had three canopied through platforms. The station adjoined the Keswick Hotel, immediately to the south. The station closed in 1972 but the westbound platform and its canopy remain.

To the west of the station the goods and coal depot were on the south side of the through lines, approached from the west.

Latterly, after 1966, the station was a terminus for the line from Penrith. It closed in 1972.

Going east, the trackbed is now a footpath.

Local

The Keswick Country House Hotel

Tags

Station terminus
10/08/2023


Chronology Dates

18/04/1966Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway
Keswick becomes a terminus as line to west is closed.
04/03/1972Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway
Keswick to Penrith closed completely.

News items

26/01/2023Penrith MP pushes for reopening of Cumbrian train routes [News and Star]
24/10/2021Cubby Construction wins award for Keswick to Threlkeld trail restoration [News and Star]
03/10/2021Keswick Town Council raises awareness for rail support service in memory of popular councillor [News and Star]
14/06/2021Business building plan could 'obstruct' Keswick-Penrith rail plan [News and Star]
10/05/202124 historic railway structures that face demolition or infilling by Highways England [New Civil Engineer]
15/01/2021Keswick to Threlkeld trail is hailed a huge success [News and Star]
07/12/2020Keswick to Threlkeld railway trail opens on Storm Desmond anniversary [News and Star]
07/07/2020Keswick-Threlkeld Railway Path reinstatement [Rail Engineer]
01/06/2020Plans to reinstate railways take step forward [InCumbria]

Books


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

Rails Through Lakeland: Illustrated History of the Workington, Cockermouth, Keswick, Penrith Railway

Rails Through Lakeland: v. 1: Illustrated History of the Workington, Cockermouth, Keswick, Penrith Railway (The nostalgia collection: Railway heritage)

Rails Through Lakeland: v. 2: Illustrated History of the Workington, Cockermouth, Keswick, Penrith Railway (The nostalgia collection: Railway heritage)

Return to Keswick: Case for a New Railway
Strolling with Steam: Walks Along the Keswick Railway
The Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway (Oakwood Library of Railway History)