Woodland railway station
Encyclopedia
Woodland Railway Station is a closed railway station that served the hamlet of Woodland, in Cumbria
, England and was on the branch line
to .
The station building remains and is a private residence.
Former Services
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...
, England and was on the branch line
Coniston Railway
The Coniston Railway was a railway in Cumbria, England, linking Coniston and Broughton-in-Furness, which ran for over 100 years between the middle of the 19th to the middle of the 20th century. It was originally designed for the transport of copper ore and slate from the mines near...
to .
History
Authorised by Parliament in August 1857 the line to Conistion was open less than two years later in June 1859. British Railways closed the station and the branch to passengers in 1958 and goods in 1962.The station building remains and is a private residence.