Rampside railway station was located on the Piel Branch of the

Furness Railway The Furness Railway (Furness) was a railway company operating in the Furness area of Lancashire in North West England. History Formation In the early 1840s, the owners of iron ore mines in the Furness district of Lancashire became interested i ...

in the

Rampside Rampside is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is located a few miles south-east of the town of Barrow-in-Furness, in the north-western corner of Morecambe Bay on the Furness peninsula. History There is evidence t ...

area of

Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness is a port town in Cumbria, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of B ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

. The single platform station opened from 24 August 1846 as ''Concle'', being renamed ''Rampside'' in 1869. The station remained operational until 1936 when it closed along with the following station at Piel, which had been reachable via the

Roa Island Roa Island lies just over half a mile (1 km) south of the village of Rampside at the southernmost point of the Furness Peninsula in Cumbria, though formerly in the county of Lancashire north of the sands. It is located at ( OS grid ref. SD ...

Causeway. The station building and entire branch line had been demolished by the 1980s.

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{{coord, 54.0842, -3.1726, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Former buildings and structures in Barrow-in-Furness Former Furness Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1846 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1936 1846 establishments in England Disused railway stations in Cumbria