Eskdale Green railway station
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Eskdale Green railway station is a railway station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 on the 15" gauge Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway in Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...

. Originally known as King of Prussia after the nearby Public House and then its current name, it changed to The Green in the 1960s to get rid of the confusion with this station and the then-name of the terminus, Eskdale (Dalegarth)
Dalegarth for Boot railway station
Dalegarth for Boot railway station is the easterly terminus of the 15" gauge Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway in Cumbria. It has a café and shop for passengers, along with a run-round loop, turntable and siding for trains...

. The current name saw reuse in 2007 after the renaming and reopening of the terminus as Dalegarth for Boot.

During the high season, it may be manned by the volunteers from the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society, who sell tickets from the booking office and shelter and act as station masters.

The station is located about 5 miles (8 km) from Ravenglass and just over 2 miles (3.2 km) from Dalegarth.
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