Calthwaite railway station in Hesket parish, was situated on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (the West Coast Main Line) between Carlisle and Penrith. It served the village of Calthwaite, Cumbria, England. The station opened , and closed on 7 April 1952.

The station

The station had two platforms, a signal box and a station master's house. The relatively sizeable goods yard had a weighing house, coal yard and cattle pens. Only the station master's house remains, as a private dwelling, the platforms have been demolished and the line has been electrified.

Calthwaite railway station

Stations on the line

The next station on the line towards Carlisle was Southwaite and the preceding station was Plumpton.

Calthwaite railway station

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External links

Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Disused railway stations in Cumbria

Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1855

Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1952

Former Lancaster and Carlisle Railway stations

Inglewood Forest

Calthwaite railway station