Murthwaite Halt railway station
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Murthwaite Halt railway station is a small intermediate railway station
on the 15" gauge Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway in Cumbria
. It is named after the (now ruined) farm that stood in the field opposite the railway and close by there was also a granite quarry and stone crushing plant of the same name. These were in operation from the 1920s until 1953, and between 1929 and 1953 there was a standard gauge branch from Ravenglass to the crushing plant, the rails being either side of the 15" gauge ones.
The station is located 2.75 miles (4.4 km) from Ravenglass and 4.25 miles (6.8 km) from Dalegarth
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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...
. It is named after the (now ruined) farm that stood in the field opposite the railway and close by there was also a granite quarry and stone crushing plant of the same name. These were in operation from the 1920s until 1953, and between 1929 and 1953 there was a standard gauge branch from Ravenglass to the crushing plant, the rails being either side of the 15" gauge ones.
The station is located 2.75 miles (4.4 km) from Ravenglass and 4.25 miles (6.8 km) from 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...
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