Keswick railway station

Keswick
Keswick railway station on the day it closed
Location
Place	Keswick, Cumbria
Area	Allerdale
Grid reference	NY270237
Operations
Original company	Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway Company
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
2 January 1865	Opened
1 June 1964	Closed to goods
18 April 1966	All traffic westwards ceased
1 July 1968	Station became unstaffed
6 March 1972	Final closure to passengers
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Keswick station in August 1967

Keswick railway station was situated on the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway between Penrith and Cockermouth in Cumbria, England. The station served the town of Keswick. The station opened to passenger traffic on 2 January 1865. The line beyond Keswick to Cockermouth and Workington was closed on 18 April 1966, leaving a single line branch between Keswick and Penrith. This survived for a further 6 years, closing on 6 March 1972. The station building still exists and is now being used as a hotel.

See also

• Listed buildings in Keswick, Cumbria

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer. Ian Allan Publishing. 1997 [1958]. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3.
• Bairstow, Martin (1995). Railways in the Lake District. ISBN 1-871944-11-2.
• Bowtell, Harold D. (June 1989). Rails Through Lakeland. Silver Link Publishing Ltd, Kettering, Northamptonshire. p. 200. ISBN 0-947971-26-2.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Braithwaite		Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway		Threlkeld

Coordinates: 54°36′14″N 3°07′51″W / 54.6038°N 3.1307°W