Cockermouth railway station

Cockermouth railway station was situated on the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway and served the town of Cockermouth, Cumbria, England.

Cockermouth
Site of Cockermouth station in 1986
General information
Location	Cockermouth, Allerdale England
Coordinates	54.660°N 3.365°W / 54.660; -3.365
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 January 1865 (1865-01-02)	Opened (Replacing older station)
18 April 1966 (1966-04-18)	Closed[1]

A 1904 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (right) railways in the vicinity of the station

The station opened to passenger traffic on 2 January 1865 and closed on 18 April 1966. The station was the second to be built in the town. The original Cockermouth & Workington Railway station closed to passengers when the CK&PR station opened on an altered alignment, though it remained in use as a goods station until 1964.

The latter station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann. All traces of the station are now gone as the site is now occupied by The Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Base and the Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service. Running down the left hand side of The Fire Service building is the old track bed, now a public walkway; there are original bridges and features surviving to this day.