Wreay railway station in St Cuthbert Without 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) 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

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 ...

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. The station opened in 1852, and closed on 16 August 1943.

The station

The station had two platforms, a weighing platform and a signal box. The station buildings are now private dwellings. The line is now electrified.

Stations on the line

The next station on the line towards Carlisle was the now closed Brisco and the preceding station was the now closed

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 ...

. Brisco railway station proved to be unviable and the decision was made to close it in 1852 in favour of Wreay railway station.Visitoruk
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References

;Notes ;Sources * Disused railway stations in Cumbria Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1852 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1943 Former Lancaster and Carlisle Railway stations {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub