Bullgill railway station

54°44′00″N 3°24′25″W / 54.7333°N 3.4070°W / 54.7333; -3.4070Grid referenceNY095385Platforms3^[1][2][3]Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyMaryport & Carlisle RailwayPost-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates1840Opened7 March 1960Station closed to passengers^[4]1964Station closed to goods

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Bullgill or Bull Gill was a railway station on the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&CR) serving Bullgill in Cumbria. The station was opened by the M&CR in 1840 and lay in the Parish of Oughterside and Allerby. It closed in 1960^[5]

History

Bullgill station was opened by the Maryport & Carlisle Railway (M&CR) in 1840.^[5][6] At grouping in 1923 the M&CR became a part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. It was closed to passenger traffic by the British Transport Commission on 7 March 1960^[7] and to all traffic four years later. Much of the station has since been demolished, but remnants of the southbound platform still survive and can be seen from passing trains.

The main Carlisle-Maryport line (completed in 1845) remains open and forms part of the Cumbrian Coast Line between Carlisle and Barrow in Furness. Prior to closure John Joseph Metcalfe was the Station Master.^[8] In 2009 the local community recommended that the station should be re-opened.^[9]

The station was also the junction for the M&CR's Derwent Branch to Brigham and Cockermouth, which opened in April 1867.^[10][11] Though this line was built primarily to handle iron-ore traffic, it was also used by passenger services. These started from Maryport and ran north to Bullgill, where they reversed. They then continued south to Brigham, where another reversal was necessary before they ran onwards to their destination at Cockermouth.^[12] The need for these reversals meant that the modest 12 miles (19 km) journey took 50 minutes to complete. This line was closed to passengers by the LMS on 29 April 1935 and subsequently dismantled.

References

Sources

• Jones, Allan (October 2020). Peascod, Michael (ed.). "The Derwent Branch of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway". Cumbrian Railways. 13 (8). Pinner: Cumbrian Railways Association. ISSN 1466-6812.
• Joy, David (1973). Railways of the Lake Counties. Clapham, via Lancaster: Dalesman Publishing. ISBN 0-85206-200-1.
• Robinson, Peter W. (1985). Railways of Cumbria. Clapham, via Lancaster: Dalesman Books. ISBN 0-85206-815-8.
• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

Further reading

• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

External links

• Bullgill Station
• Bullgill railway station ruins.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Arkleby Station closed, line open		Maryport & Carlisle Railway Main Line		Dearham Bridge Station closed, line open
	Disused railways
Arkleby Line open, station closed		Maryport and Carlisle Railway Derwent Branch		Dearham Line and station closed