Where is Culgaith railway station?

Culgaith railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.6560°, -2.6060°.

Heritage railway stations · North East England

Culgaith railway station

Culgaith railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Culgaith railway station is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Culgaith railway station served the village of Culgaith in Cumberland (now in Cumbria), England from 1880 to 1970.

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Background

History

The Settle-Carlisle Line is open however and the nearby level crossing and associated semaphore signalling are at present still operated through the Culgaith signal box. The station was built by the Midland Railway and opened in 1880. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders. It closed when local stopping trains over the Settle-Carlisle Line were withdrawn in May 1970. The Settle-bound (up) station building (which sits on a surviving portion of the southbound platform) has been converted into a private dwelling. The nearby garden centre includes buildings that were once used to pack hampers for those heading north on the railway for pheasant…

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