Southwaite railway station in Hesket parish, was situated on the

Lancaster and Carlisle Railway The Lancaster and Carlisle Railway was a main line railway opened between those cities in 1846. With its Scottish counterpart, the Caledonian Railway, the Company launched the first continuous railway connection between the English railway networ ...

(the

West Coast Main Line The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow with branches to Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Edinburgh. It is one of the busiest ...

) between

Carlisle Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern England, Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers River Eden, Cumbria, Eden, River C ...

and Penrith. It served the village of

Southwaite Southwaite is a small village in the parish of Hesket, in the Eden District, in the English county of Cumbria. Location It is located on a minor road about away from the A6 road and about away from the M6 motorway which can be accessed from ...

, Cumbria, England. The station opened in 1846, and closed on 7 April 1952.

Station buildings

The station had two platforms, an overbridge, a station hotel, railway cottages and a signal box.National Library of Scotland historic maps
/ref> The station house remains as a private dwelling, however the platforms have been demolished. The line has been electrified.

Stations on the line

The next station on the line towards Carlisle was

Wreay Wreay ( ) is a small English village that lies on the River Petteril in today's Cumbria. The M6 motorway, A6 trunk road and West Coast Main Line railway all skirt the village. Governance Wreay was once a civil parish, In 1931 it had a populat ...

and the preceding station was

Calthwaite Calthwaite is a small village in rural Cumbria, England, situated between the small market town of Penrith and the larger city of Carlisle. It is within of the civil parish of Hesket and the district of Eden, and has a population of around 10 ...

References

Notes Sources *

External links

Old Cumbria Gazetteer
Disused railway stations in Cumbria Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1846 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1952 Former Lancaster and Carlisle Railway stations {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub