Murthwaite Halt railway station
Murthwaite Halt | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Eskdale Green, Cumberland England | ||||
| Coordinates | 54°22′52″N 3°21′43″W / 54.381°N 3.362°W | ||||
| System | Station on heritage railway | ||||
| Owned by | R&ER | ||||
| Operated by | R&ER | ||||
| Managed by | R&ER | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
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| 1876 | Opened (Standard gauge) | ||||
| 1913 | Station closed | ||||
| 1916 | Reopened (15 in gauge | ||||
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Murthwaite Halt railway station is a small intermediate railway station on the 15" gauge Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway in Cumbria, England.[1] It is named after the (now ruined) farm that stood in the field opposite the railway.
The station is located 2.75 miles (4.43 km) from Ravenglass and 4.25 miles (6.84 km) from Dalegarth.
Accessibility
Due to Murthwaite Halt only being on a public footpath, which is not, in any way, suitable for wheelchair users, wheelchair users are not permitted to alight at this halt.
Quarrying and stone crushing
The railway serviced the Murthwaite stone crushing plant, built in the 1920s to crush granite from the quarries further up the railway's valley.[2][3] This was 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 gauntletted either side of the 15" gauge ones.
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References
- ^ "The Railway". The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ Davies, W. J. K. (1981) [1968]. The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway. David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-9224-7.
- ^ Archive Talk 2 - Murthwaite. Ravenglass Railway Museum.
| Preceding station | Heritage railways | Following station | ||
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| Miteside Halt towards Ravenglass
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Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway | Irton Road towards Dalegarth
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