Baggrow railway station
| Baggrow | |
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Station Master's House in 2007
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| Location | |
| Place | Baggrow |
| Area | Allerdale |
| Coordinates | 54°45′57″N 3°16′36″W / 54.7658°N 3.2766°WCoordinates: 54°45′57″N 3°16′36″W / 54.7658°N 3.2766°W |
| Grid reference | NY179419 |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping | Maryport and Carlisle Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 2 April 1866 | Station opened for goods traffic |
| 26 December 1866 | Station opened for passenger traffic |
| 22 September 1930 | Station closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Baggrow railway station was in the former county of Cumberland, now Cumbria, England. It was a stop on the Bolton Loop (sometimes referred to as the "Mealsgate Loop") of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway.
The station served the village and Brayton Knowle Colliery and was described in Bradshaw as the "Station for Blennerhasset".
The line and station were opened by the Maryport and Carlisle Railway primarily to access collieries in the Bolton Coalfield and to head off rival attempts to access this potential traffic by the North British Railway-backed Silloth Company. The line and station became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSR) at the Grouping of 1923. The station was closed by that company some seven years later, although freight continued to pass through to Mealsgate until 1952.
Services to Baggrow varied a great deal over its existence. Although there were continuous rails throughout the "loop" from Aspatria to Wigton, most traffic ran as if there was a gap at Mealsgate, i.e. running eastwards from Aspatria to Mealsgate or westwards from Wigton to Mealsgate. There were some through trains, but more goods and passenger trains ran as if there was a gap. In fact there was a gap from 1869 to 1872 when a section of line was lifted east of Mealsgate.
No mention of any Sunday service appears in the literature.
The passenger service of two weekday trains each way between Mealsgate and Aspatria, calling at Baggrow, began on Boxing Day 1866, and appeared in Bradshaw (as "Blaggrow") from January 1867, under the heading "Bolton Branch". The journey time from Mealsgate to Aspatria was fifteen minutes. With minor timing changes this remained the service until 1876.
In 1877 an extra train was added on Friday afternoons.
From November 1878 timetables were re-titled "Bolton Loop" and the service was enhanced:
August 1887 appeared to be the line's passenger high water mark. All trains called at all intermediate stations, with
By 1912 no through trains ran over the loop between Aspatria and Wigton.
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