Heritage railway stations · North East England
New Biggin railway station
New Biggin railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
Humphrey Bolton — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
New Biggin 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
New Biggin or Newbiggin was a railway station which served the village of Newbiggin near Kirkby Thore in Newbiggin parish, Cumbria, England. It was located on the Settle-Carlisle Line, 24+3⁄4 miles (39.8 km) south of Carlisle. Whilst the station is now disused, the line is still operational and the nearest open station is Appleby.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
It was built by the Midland Railway and opened on 1 May 1876. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders. The station was closed on 4 May 1970 (when the local service over the line was withdrawn by British Rail) and the disused platforms subsequently demolished. The station building on the eastern side of the line still survives and is maintained as a private house.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.6474, -2.5765
Sources
- wikidata: Q15261958 (CC0)
- wikipedia: New Biggin railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is New Biggin railway station?
- New Biggin railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.6474°, -2.5765°.