Coniston railway station, Cumbria

For the Australian station of the same name, see Coniston railway station, New South Wales.

Coniston
Location
Place	Coniston
Area	Cumbria
Coordinates	54°22′05″N 3°04′48″W / 54.3680°N 3.0801°W / 54.3680; -3.0801Coordinates: 54°22′05″N 3°04′48″W / 54.3680°N 3.0801°W / 54.3680; -3.0801
Grid reference	SD3097
Operations
Original company	Coniston Railway
Pre-grouping	Furness Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	3
History
18 June 1859	Station opened
6 October 1958	Station closed to passengers
30 April 1962	Station closed to freight
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Coniston is a closed railway station at the terminus of a branch line in Coniston, Cumbria, England.

History

Authorised by Parliament in August 1857 the line to Coniston was open less than two years later in June 1859.^[1] The station building was designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley in Swiss chalet style.^[2] The station was enlarged between 1888 and 1892 at a cost of over £4,000 (£320,000 as of 2011).^[3] The train shed was doubled in length and the goods shed was enlarged. A third platform was added in 1896 at a cost of £750 (£60,000 as of 2011).^[3][4] British Railways closed the station and the branch to passengers in 1958 and goods in 1962.^[5]

The station was abandoned and left to decay.^[6]

Former services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Torver		Coniston Railway British Railways		Terminus

References

1. ^ Searle, MV (1983) Lost Lines: Anthology of Britain's Lost Railways, New Cavendish Books P187
2. ^ Price, James (1998), Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942, Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies, p. 38, ISBN 1-86220-054-8 
3. ^ ^{a b} UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Lawrence H. Officer (2010) "What Were the UK Earnings and Prices Then?" MeasuringWorth.
4. ^ Andrews, Michael; Holme, Geoff (2005), The Coniston Railway, Pinner: Cumbrian Railways Association, p. 30, ISBN 0-9540232-3-4 
5. ^ Western, Robert (2007), The Coniston Railway, Usk: Oakwood Press, ISBN 978-0-85361-667-2 P80
6. ^ Searle, MV (1983) Lost Lines: Anthology of Britain's Lost Railways, New Cavendish Books P191

External links

• Coniston on a navigable 1946 O. S. map