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Little Salkeld was a railway station which served the village of Little Salkeld and Great Salkeld in Hunsonby Parish, Cumbria, England. The Settle-Carlisle Line remains operational for freight and passenger traffic. The station was built by the Midland Railway and opened in 1876. It closed in 1970, when the local stopping service over the line was withdrawn by British Rail.〔(Old Cumbria Gazetteer ) Retrieved : 2012-09-08〕 ==History== The station and branch line to the Long Meg Mine were both closed in the 1970s, although the disused platforms still remain and the station building is well maintained as a private house. In 1918 a train accident in nearby Long Meg Cutting killed seven people. Railway workers cottages were also located here. Little Salkeld or Dodds Mill viaduct lies near to the mill and just north of the village is the Eden Lacy or Long Meg Viaduct across the River Eden.〔(Settle & Carlisle Railway ) Retrieved : 2012-09-08〕 South of Eden Lacy viaduct and north of Little Salkeld station was Long Meg Sidings signal box. A British Railways London Midland Region Type 15 design fitted with a 40 lever London Midland Region Standard frame, it opened on 3 July 1955 replacing Long Meg Sidings Ground Frame which only connected with the Up line. A Midland Railway signal box had been at this location until 13 March 1915. The signal box was officially closed on 11 July 1990 (although it had been permanently "switched out" for several years prior to this) when the absolute block section was extended to between Culgaith and Low House Crossing signal boxes.〔 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「Little Salkeld railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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