Seaton (Cumbria) railway station
| Seaton | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Seaton, near Workington |
| Area | Allerdale |
| Coordinates | 54°39′44″N 3°31′24″W / 54.6621°N 3.5234°WCoordinates: 54°39′44″N 3°31′24″W / 54.6621°N 3.5234°W |
| Grid reference | NY018307 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Cleator and Workington Junction Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 4 January 1888 | Opened |
| July 1897 | Closed |
| February 1907 | Reopened |
| February 1922 | Closed to passengers |
| 6 April 1962 | Closed completely |
| 4 June 1992 | Line through the 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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Seaton railway station served the village of Seaton, near Workington in Cumbria, England.
The station was opened by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR) in 1888 on its new "Northern Extension" from Calva Junction on the northern edge of Workington to the Maryport and Carlisle Railway's Derwent Branch at Linefoot. The C&WJR built this 7 miles 30 chains (11.9 km) line to connect the C&WJR with Carlisle and beyond. The line was double track from Workington to Seaton, then single to Linefoot Junction.
Most stations on C&WJR lines had heavy industrial neighbours, such as ironworks next to Cleator Moor West, or served primarily industrial workforces, such as Keekle Colliers' Platform Seaton, however, was a fairly isolated country village.
The C&WJR was built in the late 1870s, being one of the fruits of the rapid industrialisation of West Cumberland in the second half of the Nineteenth Century, specifically being born as a reaction to oligopolistic behaviour by the London and North Western and Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railways.
It was originally intended to drive the line northwards across country to meet the Caledonian Railway and cross into Scotland by the Solway Viaduct, but an accommodation was made with the LNWR leading to the intended northern extension being greatly watered down to three lines:
All lines in the area were primarily aimed at mineral traffic, notably iron ore, coal and limestone, none more so than the Northern Extension, which passed through open country. Passenger services were provided calling at Seaton, but they were so unsuccessful they petered out in 1922. The C&WJR earned the local name "The Track of the Ironmasters".
The founding Act of Parliament of June 1878 confirmed the company's agreement with the Furness Railway that the latter would operate the line for one third of the receipts.
All C&WJR's lines were heavily graded. Almost all of the first three miles of the Northern Extension from Calva Junction through Seaton was rising at 1 in 70. This favoured loaded coal and coke trains.
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