Kirkbride railway station
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Kirkbride was a stone and brick built railway station with a single platform on the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
on the Solway Plain
in Cumbria
.
The station opened by the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
in August 1856 with the line's extension to . The North British Railway
in leased the line and the station in 1862 and subsequently took it over in 1880. With consolidation in 1922 the station became part of the London and North Eastern Railway
and became part of British Railways after nationalisation in 1948 closed with the line on 7 September, 1964.
The platform has been demolished, but the station house still exists as a private residence
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
The Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway was a twenty two mile long Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company built single track branch railway line in Cumberland, England, that ran from to via seven intermediate stations, , , , , and...
on the Solway Plain
Solway Plain
The Solway Plain is a low-lying coastal plain in the northwest of Cumbria, England. It is an area generally lying north and west of Carlisle along the Solway Firth and drained by the rivers Esk and Lynne. This geographic unit is associated with the westernmost part of Hadrian's Wall. In medieval...
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...
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The station opened by the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
The Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway was a twenty two mile long Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company built single track branch railway line in Cumberland, England, that ran from to via seven intermediate stations, , , , , and...
in August 1856 with the line's extension to . The North British Railway
North British Railway
The North British Railway was a Scottish railway company that was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the Grouping in 1923.-History:...
in leased the line and the station in 1862 and subsequently took it over in 1880. With consolidation in 1922 the station became part of the London and North Eastern Railway
London and North Eastern Railway
The London and North Eastern Railway was the second-largest of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain...
and became part of British Railways after nationalisation in 1948 closed with the line on 7 September, 1964.
The platform has been demolished, but the station house still exists as a private residence