Heritage railway stations · North East England
Musgrave railway station
In or near Helbeck.
Musgrave railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
Christine Johnstone — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Warcop · 2.5 km
- Free entry
About
Musgrave 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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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Eden and Tributaries SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Pennines
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Musgrave railway station was a railway station situated on the Eden Valley Railway and located between Penrith and Kirkby Stephen East, England.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The railway line and station were built by the Eden Valley Railway (EVR). The line opened for mineral traffic on 8 April 1862 and for passengers on 9 June 1862. The station served the villages of Great Musgrave and Little Musgrave and also nearby Brough. The EVR was worked from the outset by the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) which absorbed the EVR on 1 January 1863. The S&DR was in turn absorbed by the North Eastern Railway (NER) on 13 July 1863. On the Railway grouping of 1923 the working was taken over by the London and North Eastern Railway. Under nationalization on 1 January 1948 British Railways took over, but closed the station to both passengers and goods traffic on 3…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.5158, -2.3649
- District
- Westmorland and Furness
- Parish
- Musgrave
- Postcode
- CA17 4DW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Nearest railway station
- Warcop — 2.5 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q6941179 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Musgrave railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Musgrave railway station?
- Musgrave railway station is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode CA17 4DW), in the parish of Musgrave.
- What is Musgrave railway station?
- Musgrave railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Musgrave railway station?
- The nearest railway station is Warcop, about 2.5 km away. Drivers can use postcode CA17 4DW.
- Is Musgrave railway station a protected site?
- Yes — Musgrave railway station is part of the River Eden and Tributaries SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the North Pennines National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Musgrave railway station free to visit?
- Yes, Musgrave railway station is free to enter.
- How do I get to Musgrave railway station?
- The nearest railway station is Warcop, about 2.5 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CA17 4DW.