A 1912 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing Port Carlisle Junction (upper left)
Port Carlisle Junction was a railway junction between the lines of the former Caledonian Railway and North British Railway companies lines to the north of Carlisle Citadel station in, what is now, Cumbria, England.[1] It opened in July 1863.[2]Port Carlisle Junction railway station was a very short lived station that first came into use in July 1863 and there was some untimetabled use until 29 October 1863, but the station closed as early as 1 July 1864.[3] After closure, the up (northbound) platform was retained for use by those crews requiring change and also for passing messages on to crews.
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Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
Overview
Locale
Cumbria
Dates of operation
1854–1964
Predecessor
Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway
Successor
NBR
Technical
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Legend
Silloth Battery Extension
Silloth Convalescent Home
Silloth Docks and Pier
Silloth
Causewayhead
Blackdyke Halt
Abbey Town
Solway Junction Railway
southbound
Sleightholme
Abbey Junction
Solway Junction Railway
northbound
Kirkbride
New Dykes Brow
Port Carlisle
Glasson
Drumburgh
Burgh-by-Sands
Kirkandrews
Waverley Line
northbound
Port Carlisle Junction
Carlisle Canal
Carlisle
West Coast Main Line
southbound│northbound
^Ellis 1955, p. 78.
^Joy 1983, p. 80.
^Robinson 2002, p. 16.
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