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Drumburgh railway station was a railway station near Drumburgh, Cumbria; the junction station for the Port Carlisle Railway branch and the Silloth branch, serving both as a junction and transfer station and also serving the small village of Drumburgh.〔(Solway Plain - Past and Present ) Retrieved : 2012-08-21〕 The station closed on 4 July 1955;〔(Cumbria Railways ) Retrieved : 2012-08-21〕 nothing now remains of the station.〔 The line to Silloth closed on 7 September 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts. Port Carlisle was two and a half miles away by train and Glasson was one and a quarter miles away. The journey time was nine minutes, although Glasson was a request stop.〔(Cumbria Railways ) Retrieved : 2012-08-23〕 == History == In 1819 a port was constructed at Port Carlisle and in 1821, the Carlisle Navigation Canal.〔Ramshaw, Page 1〕 was built to take goods to Carlisle.〔 The canal was closed in 1853〔 and much of it was infilled by the Port Carlisle Railway Company who constructed a railway that started passenger services in 1854, discontinuing them two years later when the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company's (C&SBRDC) new railway to Silloth opened, utilising the Port Carlisle Branch as far as Drumburgh.〔 A brief resurgence of business at Port Carlisle had taken place upon the opening of the railway, taken away however by the new port at Silloth and the transfer of the steamer service to Liverpool.〔Ramshaw, Page 137〕 To reduce costs a horse-drawn service was provided in 1856 between Drumburgh, Glasson, and Port Carlisle, however in 1914 steam power was introduced; finally to try and avoid closure a steam railmotor called 'Flower of Yarrow' was built and this service to Port Carlisle railway station via Drumburgh lasted until the branch was closed in 1932.〔(Port Carlisle Railway ) Retrieved : 2012-08-21〕 Freight services to Port Carlisle had been withdrawn in 1899. The Port Carlisle Railway Company had agreed to supply a locomotive if the C&SBRDC provided rolling stock. The North British Railway leased the line from 1862, it was absorbed by them in 1880, and then taken over by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.〔(Cumbria Railway ) Retrieved : 2012-08-21〕 Four horse-drawn 'Dandy cars' built by the North British Railway. The Dandy car was originally preserved at Carlisle, before being moved to the National Railway Museum at York. The Port Carlisle line became a day tourist attraction to Carlisle Victorians.〔(Visit Cumbria ) Retrieved : 2012-08-21〕 The 'Flower of Yarrow' Sentinel Railcar used on the line was driven by James Grey with T. Jackson as the fireman worked on the Port Carlisle Railway in 1932 before its final closure.〔 On 23 October 1950 a passenger train derailed near Drumburgh killing the Driver & Fireman.〔 Drumburgh remained open as a station and passing point on the Silloth branch until it closed on 4 July 1955, some years before Silloth railway station.〔〔(Time Capsule ) Retrieved : 2012-08-21〕 A stub end of track was left in place running towards Glasson.〔White〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Drumburgh railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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