Bromfield railway station (Cumbria)

Bromfield was a railway station which served Bromfield, a small settlement in Cumbria on the English side of the Solway Firth. The station opened in 1873 by the Caledonian Railway on a line constructed from the Caledonian Railway Main Line at Kirtlebridge across the Glasgow South Western Line, then forming the Solway Junction Railway over the Solway Viaduct to Brayton. The line opened for freight trains on 13 September 1869.

Bromfield railway station
The site of Bromfield station
General information
LocationBromfield, Allerdale
England
Coordinates54.807°N 3.290°W / 54.807; -3.290
Grid referenceNY172465
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companySolway Junction Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Key dates
1 March 1873[1]Opened
September 1917closed
1920opened
1 September 1921[2]Station closed to all traffic
Solway Junction Railway
Left arrow Caledonian Railway Main Line Right arrow
 Kirtlebridge
 Annan Shawhill
 Annan
Left arrow Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Right arrow
Solway Viaduct over Solway Firth 
Scotland
England
 Bowness
 Whitrigg
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway UpperRight arrow
Kirkbride Junction
 Sleightholme
 Abbey Junction
LowerLeft arrow Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
 Bromfield
Maryport and Carlisle Railway UpperRight arrow
Brayton
(M&CR)
LowerLeft arrow Maryport and Carlisle Railway

History

On 1 January 1873 a crossing keeper was appointed and the level crossing signalled.[3] In March 1873 Bromfield station was opened by the Solway Junction Railway, then part of the Caledonian Railway and at first the station was a request stop. At the south end of the station was a siding leading to the goods yard, worked by a frame which was controlled by the train tablet for the section Abbey Junction and Brayton.[4] The station siding was provided for Fielding & Company and was 1¾ from Brayton Junction. The station today is a private house.[5]

The passenger service was never well patronised. In 1910 only three trains in each direction served the station, with a Brayton to Abbey Junction working once a week.[6] It was further reduced to being just one carriage at the front of an occasional goods train and in September 1917 this was suspended,[7] but was reinstated in 1920.[8] Passenger services were finally withdrawn in 1921 and the line south of Annan over the Solway Viaduct was closed completely.

The station had one platform with two simple station buildings, one stone and the other constructed of wood.[9][10] The closure of the station was directly linked to the closure of the Solway viaduct.

The line remained open to through traffic until 14 February 1933; the track was lifted in 1937.[11]

Micro-history

Until October 1895 the station name was shown as Broomfield in timetables.[3] The track was removed from Bromfield in 1937.[12]

References
Notes
  1. Quick 2009, p. 102.
  2. Edgar & Sinton 1990, p. 59.
  3. Edgar & Sinton 1990, p. 19.
  4. "Solway Junction Railway - Caledonian Railway Appendix 1915". Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  5. "Solway Junction Railway - Bromfield Station". Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  6. Mullay 1990, p. 147.
  7. Edgar & Sinton 1990, p. 58.
  8. "The Solway Viaduct - Southern End". Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  9. Edgar & Sinton 1990, p. 49.
  10. Robinson 2002, p. 6.
  11. Edgar & Sinton 1990, p. 57.
  12. "Solway Junction Railway - History". Retrieved 25 August 2012.

Sources
  • Edgar, Stuart & Sinton, John M. (1990). The Solway Junction Railway. Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0853613954.
  • Mullay, A. J. (1990). Rails across the border: the story of Anglo-Scottish Railways. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-186-8.
  • Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
  • Robinson, Peter W. (2002). Cumbria's Lost Railways. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84033-205-6.

Further reading
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Railways of the Solway Plain
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Abbey Junction   Caledonian Railway
Solway Junction Railway
   Brayton
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