Where is Tebay railway station?

Tebay railway station is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.4270°, -2.5982°.

Heritage railway stations · North East England

Tebay railway station

Tebay railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.

Benchmark on Lune Valley Court - geograph.org.uk - 4645627 — Roger Templeman — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Tebay 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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Tebay railway station was situated on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (L&CR) (part of the West Coast Main Line) between Lancaster and Penrith. It served the village of Tebay, Cumbria, England. The station opened in 1846, and closed on 1 July 1968.

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History

Prior to arrival of the railways, the location had a population of six people. The station was built by the L&CR in 1846, which was absorbed by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) in 1879. The station was rebuilt in 1861 jointly as the western terminus of the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway (SD&LR) - itself absorbed by the North Eastern Railway (NER) - to make its eastward journey to connect with the Stockton & Darlington Railway near Bishop Auckland, and hence onwards to Durham. From 1861 the Ingleton Branch Line of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway connecting via the Midland Railway to Settle and Leeds, entered the main line at the south end of the Lune Gorge. The railway…

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