New Biggin or Newbiggin was a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

which served the village of Newbiggin near

Kirkby Thore Kirkby Thore is a small village and civil parish in Cumbria, England (), in the historic county of Westmorland. It is close to the Lake District national park and the Cumbrian Pennines. It includes the areas of Bridge End, in the southwest by t ...

in Newbiggin parish,

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. C ...

, England. It was located on the Settle-Carlisle Line, south of . Whilst the station is now disused, the line is still operational and the nearest open station is Appleby.

History

It was built by the

Midland Railway The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It ama ...

and opened on 1 May 1876. The station was designed by the

company architect

John Holloway Sanders John Holloway Sanders FRIBA (1825 – 16 October 1884) was an architect based in England and chief architect of the Midland Railway until 1884. His date of appointment as Chief Architect to the Midland Railway is not known, but he is recorded as ...

. The station was closed on 4 May 1970 (when the local service over the line was withdrawn by British Rail) and the disused platforms subsequently demolished. The station building on the eastern side of the line still survives and is maintained as a private house.

Stationmasters

*A. Werrett 1876 - 1878 *S. Marshall 1878 - 1882 *R. Cotterill 1882 - 1888 *H. Gabb 1888 - 1903 *William Brown from 1903 (formerly station master at Ribblehead) *E.C. Sones until 1914 *William Henry Clement 1914 - 1933 (also station master at Culgaith)

References

Disused railway stations in Cumbria Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1876 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1970 John Holloway Sanders railway stations Beeching closures in England {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub