Drumburgh railway station

Drumburgh
A section of the old canal and railway near Drumburgh
Location
Place	Drumburgh
Area	Allerdale
Coordinates	54°55′34″N 3°08′13″W / 54.926°N 3.137°W / 54.926; -3.137Coordinates: 54°55′34″N 3°08′13″W / 54.926°N 3.137°W / 54.926; -3.137
Grid reference	NY272596
Operations
Original company	Port Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	2 (Island)
History
1854	Opened
4 July 1955	Closed
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Drumburgh railway station was near the village of Drumburgh (pronounced "Drumbruff"), Cumbria, England.

It was the junction station for the Port Carlisle Railway branch and the Silloth branch, serving both as a junction and transfer station and also serving the small village of Drumburgh. The station closed on 4 July 1955; nothing now remains of the station. The line to Silloth closed on 7 September 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts. Port Carlisle was two and a half miles away by train and Glasson was one and a quarter miles away. The journey time was nine minutes, although Glasson was a request stop.

In 1819 a port was constructed at Port Carlisle and in 1821, the Carlisle Navigation Canal. was built to take goods to Carlisle. The canal was closed in 1853 and much of it was infilled by the Port Carlisle Railway Company who constructed a railway that started passenger services in 1854, discontinuing them two years later when the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company's (C&SBRDC) new railway to Silloth opened, utilising the Port Carlisle Branch as far as Drumburgh. A brief resurgence of business at Port Carlisle had taken place upon the opening of the railway, taken away however by the new port at Silloth and the transfer of the steamer service to Liverpool.

To reduce costs a horse-drawn service was provided in 1856 between Drumburgh, Glasson, and Port Carlisle, however in 1914 steam power was introduced; finally to try and avoid closure a steam railmotor called 'Flower of Yarrow' was built and this service to Port Carlisle railway station via Drumburgh lasted until the branch was closed in 1932. Freight services to Port Carlisle had been withdrawn in 1899. The Port Carlisle Railway Company had agreed to supply a locomotive if the C&SBRDC provided rolling stock. The North British Railway leased the line from 1862, it was absorbed by them in 1880, and then taken over by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.