Abbey Junction railway station was the railway junction where the branch line to Silloth on the Solway Firth divided from the Solway Junction Railway in the English county of

Cumberland Cumberland ( ) is a historic county in the far North West England. It covers part of the Lake District as well as the north Pennines and Solway Firth coast. Cumberland had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. From 19 ...

(later Cumbria).

History

A station on the site was opened as Abbeyholme by the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway in 1856, and was then renamed Abbey Junction by the

North British Railway The North British Railway was a British railway company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1844, with the intention of linking with English railways at Berwick. The line opened in 1846, and from the outset the company followe ...

in 1870. It closed in 1921. A parallel station on the site was opened as Abbey Junction by the Maryport and Carlisle Railway. It closed briefly from 1917 to 1919 then permanently in 1921. The closure of the stations was linked to the closure of the

Solway viaduct Solway may refer to: Places Australia *Solway, a neighbourhood of Ashburton, Victoria. a suburb of Melbourne New Zealand *Solway, New Zealand, a suburb of Masterton United Kingdom *Solway Firth, the inlet between the north west of England and so ...

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External links

The station on a navigable Edwardian 6" OS map, via ''National Library of Scotland''

* ttp://www.RailMapOnline.com/UKIEMap.php?lat=54.85229&lng=-3.27865 The station via ''Rail Map Online'' {{coord, 54, 51, 8.8, N, 3, 16, 42.8, W, type:railwaystation_region:GB, display=title Disused railway stations in Cumbria Former North British Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1856 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1921 Former Caledonian Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1870 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1917 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1919 1856 establishments in England 1921 disestablishments in England