Marron Junction railway station

Marron Junction
Marron Junction
General information
Location	Bridgefoot, Allerdale; England
Coordinates	54.6573°N 3.4656°W
Grid reference	NY055301
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Cockermouth & Workington Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 April 1866	Opened
1 July 1897	Closed to regular passenger traffic
after 1923	Closed completely

Marron Junction railway station was a later addition to the Cockermouth and Workington Railway. It opened on 2 April 1866 with a single, eastbound, platform when the adjacent Marron Junction opened, two months before the company was absorbed by the London and North Western Railway.

Cockermouth and
Workington Railway

Cumbrian Coast line

Workington

Cleator and Workington

(two crossings)

(three crossings)

later Cockermouth goods station

In 1874 an island platform was added to the south of the main east–west line, opposite the single eastbound platform. giving three platform faces.

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