Silloth Battery Extension railway station was the terminus of the Blitterlees Branch, which turned southwards off the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway's Silloth Branch a short distance east of Silloth station.[3] The larger railway ran from Carlisle, England. The Bitterlees Branch does not appear on standard railway maps,[4] but it is clear on OS maps, though the station is not identifiable as such.[5]
The station's sole purpose was to serve the naval gun testing battery, built by Armstrong Whitworth.[6] Most trains to the site consisted of military supplies, the passenger station was built to carry battery personnel and visitors, including royalty on at least one occasion. In 1895 the Shalzada of Afghanistan and Suite observed naval firing, but was said to be especially impressed with the Maxim machine gun.[7][3]
Trains to the station were run on an ad hoc basis, the station never appeared on public timetables.
The station opened in 1886 and closed in 1928 when the battery closed, its operations being moved south to Eskmeals, near Drigg.
^The station, via Cumbrian Railways Association
^Quick 2009, p. 353.
^ abSuggitt 2008, p. 103.
^Jowett 1989, Map 36.
^Puxley 2009, p. 32.
^Images of the battery, plus local talk, via BBC and others
^Thomlinson 1983, p. 12.
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