Carlisle Railway Station - History

History

The station was built in 1847, in a neo-Tudor style to the designs of William Tite. It was then one of a number of stations in the city, and was expanded and extended in 1875-1876, with the arrival of the Midland Railway. Most of the routes from the station remain in use, the only significant casualties being the former North British Railway lines to Silloth (closed on 7 September 1964) and Edinburgh via Galashiels (the Waverley Line, closed on 6 January 1969).

[ ] Rail network in the Carlisle area
Border Union Railway
Waverley Line to Edinburgh
Caledonian Railway Main Line
West Coast Mainline Northbound
Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
Glasgow South Western Line to Gretna Green
Gretna Junction
Scotland
England
Gretna
Longtown
Longtown MOD Depot
Floriston
Lyneside
Harker
Rockcliffe
Kingmoor Marshalling Yard
Brunthill
Stainton
Etterby Junction
Carlisle and Port Carlisle
Railway and Dock Company
Port Carlisle Junction
Carlisle Kingmoor TMD
Willowholme Jn | Port Carlisle Branch Jn
Caldew Junction
Carlisle Citadel
Carlisle South Junction
Rome Street Jn | London Road Jn
Upperby Junction
Currock Junction | Upperby TMD
Upperby Bridge Junction
Maryport and Carlisle Railway
Cumbrian Coast Line to Barrow-in-Furness
Brisco
Wreay
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
West Coast Mainline Southbound
Carlisle London Road
Petteril Junction
Settle and Carlisle Line to Settle
Newcastle and Carlisle Railway to Newcastle

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