Rome Street Junction

Location type

Junction

Name and dates

Rome Street Junction

Opened on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway.
Opened on the Carlisle Goods Loop (Carlisle Goods Traffic Committee).
Opened on the Carlisle Realignment (Maryport and Carlisle Railway).




Nearby stations
Bogfield
Crown Street
Carlisle
Carlisle London Road
Carlisle Canal [Station]
Port Carlisle Junction
Cummersdale
Scotby [NER]
Scotby [MR]
Brisco
Parkhouse Halt
Cumwhinton
Dalston
Kirkandrews
Harker
Rome Street Gas Works
Caldew Viaduct [NER]
Bog Goods
Forks Junction
Currock Shed (M and CR)
Caldew Viaduct [Dentonholme South]
Carlisle Signalling Centre
Carlisle South Junction
High Wapping Sidings
Bog Junction
Crown Street Goods
Dentonholme South Junction
Dentonholme Goods
Carlisle Gas Works
Carlisle North Junction
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Chronology Dates

08/08/1853Maryport and Carlisle Railway
Connection from Forks Junction, west of Carlisle Bogfield, opened. (Carlisle Bogfield was between Rome Street Junction and Bog Junction.)

Books


A History of North Eastern Railway Architecture: A Mature Art v. 2

A History of North Eastern Railway Architecture: Pioneers v. 1

A History of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, 1824 - 1870: The First Line Across Britain

A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North-east v. 4 (A regional history of the railways of Great Britain)

An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways

Hexham to Carlisle: Including the Alston and the Brampton Branches (Eastern Main Lines)

Newcastle (Rail Centres)

Newcastle to Hexham: Including the Allendale Branch (Eastern Main Lines)

North Eastern Railway: Historical Maps

The Border Counties Railway Steam Memories 1950's-1960's: Newcastle to Reedsmouth No. 68, pt. 1