Abbey Town railway station

Abbey Town
Location
Location	Abbey Town
Area	Cumberland
Operations
Original company	Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Platforms	?
History
August 22, 1856	Station opens as Abbey
August 1889	Renamed Abbey Town
September 7, 1964	Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D-F G H-J K-L M-O P-R S T-Z
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Abbey Town railway station was a railway station on the branch line off the Solway Junction Railway in the English county of Cumberland (later Cumbria). The first station after Abbey Junction on the branch to Silloth on the Solway Firth, it served the village of Abbey Town. The line to Silloth closed in 1964, and the station closed with it.

History

Opened as Abbey by the Carlisle and Silloth Bay in 1856, then renamed Abbey Town by the North British Railway in 1889, it became part of the London and North Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station closed on the 7th September 1964.

References

• R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.  ISBN 1 85260 508 1

• A. Jowett, (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing.  ISBN 0 906899 99 0

• Pictures of the station [1]

• Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway [2]

• Map of area's railways[3]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Abbey Junction		North British Railway Silloth Branch		Blackdyke Halt