Map of the Solway Junction Railway (Aston & Barrie, 1932; p.28)
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Solway Junction Railway
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Caledonian Railway Main Line
Kirtlebridge
Annan Shawhill
Annan
Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
Solway Viaduct over Solway Firth
Scotland
England
Bowness
Whitrigg
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
Kirkbride Junction
Sleightholme
Abbey Junction
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
Bromfield
Maryport and Carlisle Railway
Brayton
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Maryport and Carlisle Railway
The Solway Junction Railway was built by an independent railway company to shorten the route from ironstone mines in Cumberland to ironworks in Lanarkshire and Ayrshire.
It opened in 1869, and it involved a viaduct 1 mile 8 chains (1.8 km) long crossing the Solway Firth, as well as approach lines connecting existing railways on both sides.
The viaduct was susceptible to damage from floating ice sheets, and the rising cost of repairs and maintenance, and falling traffic volumes as the Cumberland fields became uncompetitive, led to closure of the viaduct in 1921. The viaduct and the connecting railways were dismantled, and now only the shore embankments remain.
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