Minor stations of the Furness Railway

The Furness Railway and its antecedent companies had at different times a number of halts and non-public timetable stations. Halts were small, unstaffed stations with few, if any, facilities. Non-public timetable stations were stations that did not feature in the publicly advertised railway timetable and were, for example, for internal railway use only or only served by excursion trains rather than regular services.

Name Grid reference & co-ordinates Opened Closed Line Preceding station Next station Notes
St Bees Golf Club halt NX 970 107
54°28′53″N 3°25′28″W / 54.48139°N 3.42444°W / 54.48139; -3.42444 		23 July 1910 February 1918 Barrow – Whitehaven St Bees Nethertown Opened for the use of golfers visiting the St Bees golf club in 1910.[1] Closed in February 1918 after the agreement between the golf club and the railway company expired.[2]
Monk Moors Halt SD 089 925
54°19′15″N 3°24′6″W / 54.32083°N 3.40167°W / 54.32083; -3.40167 		1914 (1)
1940 (2) 		1920 (1)
9 June 1958 (2) 		Barrow – Whitehaven Bootle Eskmeals Non public halt used during both World Wars for the use of workers and service personnel engaged at the adjacent Vickers gun range.[3] Sometimes incorrectly spelt as Monks Moor.
Whitbeck Crossing halt SD 115 838
54°14′35″N 3°21′30″W / 54.24306°N 3.35833°W / 54.24306; -3.35833 		1850 1861 Barrow – Whitehaven Silecroft Bootle Short lived station opened and closed by the Whitehaven & Furness Junction Railway before that company was amalgamated into the Furness company.[4] In later years only served by trains on market days in Whitehaven.[5] After closure was used at least once in 1893 to allow people to attend an auction at the nearby Town End Farm.[6]
Kirksanton Crossing halt SD 142 806
54°12′54″N 3°19′1″W / 54.21500°N 3.31694°W / 54.21500; -3.31694 		1850 1861 Barrow – Whitehaven Millom Silecroft Short lived station opened and closed by the Whitehaven & Furness Junction Railway before that company was amalgamated into the Furness company.[7] In later years only served by trains on market days in Whitehaven.[5]
Under Hill halt SD 185 828
54°14′06″N 3°15′2″W / 54.23500°N 3.25056°W / 54.23500; -3.25056 		1850 1860 Barrow – Whitehaven Green Road Millom Short lived station opened and closed by the Whitehaven & Furness Junction Railway before that company was amalgamated into the Furness company.[8]
Dunnerholme Gate unknown unknown unknown Barrow – Whitehaven Askam Kirkby-in-Furness Mentioned in volume 14 of the Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain but no contemporary records.[9]
Salthouse halt SD 218 688
54°6′34″N 3°11′49″W / 54.10944°N 3.19694°W / 54.10944; -3.19694 		May 1920 1921 Piel branch Barrow-in-Furness Rampside Operated summer Saturdays only for services between Barrow and Piel. Did not open after 1921.[10]
Wraysholme halt SD 381 753
54°10′13″N 2°56′55″W / 54.17028°N 2.94861°W / 54.17028; -2.94861 		1911 1922 Carnforth – Barrow Cark and Cartmel Kents Bank Non-public station opened 1911 for use by the Territorial Force. Closed c. 1922.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Opening of new station at St Bees". Lancashire Evening Post. No. 7, 384. 25 July 1910. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 395. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  3. ^ Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 277. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
  4. ^ Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 479. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway". Cumberland Pacquet. Vol. LXXXVII, no. 4, 491. 29 January 1861. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Sales by Auction". West Cumberland Times. Vol. XIX, no. 1, 508. 21 January 1893. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 268. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  8. ^ Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 390. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
  9. ^ Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
  10. ^ Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
  11. ^ Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 420. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.