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Broughton Cross railway station was situated on the
Map of the line with photos, via ''RAILSCOT''The station on an OS map surveyed in 1864, via ''National Library of Scotland''The station on overlain OS maps surveyed from 1898, via ''National Library of Scotland''
* ttp://www.RailMapOnline.com/UKIEMap.php?lat=54.65962&lng=-3.43372 The station, via ''Rail Map Online''br>The railways of Cumbria, via ''Cumbrian Railways Association''Photos of Cumbrian railways, via ''Cumbrian Railways Association''The railways of Cumbria, via ''Railways_of_Cumbria''Cumbrian Industrial History, via ''Cumbria Industrial History Society''The line's and station's Engineer's Line References, via ''railwaycodes.org.uk''A video tour-de-force of the region's closed lines, via ''cumbriafilmarchive''
Disused railway stations in Cumbria Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1847 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1942 1847 establishments in England {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub
Broughton Cross railway station was situated on the Cockermouth and Workington Railway
The Cockermouth & Workington Railway was an English railway company (established by Act of Parliament in 1845) which built and operated a railway between the Cumberland towns of Workington and Cockermouth. The railway opened for service in 1847, ...
and served the village of Broughton Cross, Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumb ...
, England.
History
The station opened on 28 April 1847 and closed on 2 March 1942.Afterlife
By 2013 the station site was buried under the A66.See also
*Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway
The Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway (CK&PR) was an English railway company incorporated by Act of Parliament on 1 August 1861, to build a line connecting the town of Cockermouth with the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) West Coast ...
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Map of the line with photos, via ''RAILSCOT''
* ttp://www.RailMapOnline.com/UKIEMap.php?lat=54.65962&lng=-3.43372 The station, via ''Rail Map Online''br>The railways of Cumbria, via ''Cumbrian Railways Association''
Disused railway stations in Cumbria Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1847 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1942 1847 establishments in England {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub