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Maryport and Carlisle Railway
MandCR
Cumbrian Coast Line
civil parish:-   Maryport (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Dearham (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Crosscanonby (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Gilcrux (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Oughterside and Allerby (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Plumbland (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Aspatria (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Bromfield (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Waverton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Woodside (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Wigton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Westward (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Dalston (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Cummersdale (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   St Cuthbert Without (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Carlisle (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway
civil parish:-   Aspatria (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Allhallows (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Boltons (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Waverton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway
SummaryText:-   from Maryport, through Dearham Bridge, Bull Gill, Aspatria, then either Brayton, Leegate or Baggrow, Mealsgate, High Blaithwaite, then Wigton, Curthwaite, Dalston, Cummersdale, to Carlisle, Cumberland; AND extansion from Bull Gill, through Dearham, Papcastle, to the Cockermouth and Workington Railway, Cumberland.
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BNS38.jpg  Poster (in the Maritime Museum, Maryport)
(taken 25.5.2007)  
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BNS39.jpg  Poster (in the Maritime Museum, Maryport)
(taken 25.5.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Maryport and Carlisle Railway
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"MARYPORT AND CARLISLE RAILWAY"
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item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Whitehaven Maryport and Carlisle Railway
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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triple line, light bold light, railway 
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"Whitehaven Maryport &Carlisle Railway"
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item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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 Derwent branch railway from 1865

evidence:-   old map:- LMS 1939 B
source data:-   image  click to enlarge
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"MAP OF LMS RAILWAY"
item:-  JandMN : 1016.5
Image © see bottom of page

hearsay:-  
28 mile line.
The route was from Maryport, to Carlisle, Cumbria.

person:-   railway company
 : Maryport and Carlisle Railway
date:-   1837
 to 1923

person:-   railway company
 : London, Midland and Scottish RailwayLMS
date:-   1923
 to 1948

person:-   railway company
 : British RailwaysBR
date:-   1948

branch:-    Derwent branch railway

goes through:-    Maryport Harbour, Maryport
 Maryport Station, Maryport (2)
 Maryport Station, Maryport
 railway bridge, Crosscanonby
 Dearham Bridge Station, Crosscanonby
 Bullgill Junction, Gilcrux
 railway milepost, Bullgill
 railway bridge, Bullgill
 Bullgill Station, Bullgill
 railway bridge, Bullgill (2)
 railway bridge, Ellenhall
 railway bridge, Ellen Villa
 railway bridge, Ellen Villa (2)
 railway sidings, Arkleby
 railway bridge, Aspatria (4)
 Aspatria Station, Aspatria
[Aspatria Junction, Aspatria]
[railway bridge, Aspatria (3)]
[railway bridge, Aspatria (2)]
 railway bridge, Aspatria
 Aspatria Tunnel, Aspatria
 Brayton Station, Brayton
 Brayton Junction, Brayton
 Low Row Station, Bromfield
 Leegate Station, Bromfield
 railway bridge, Waverton
 Aikbank Junction, Waverton
 railway bridge, Blaithwaite
 railway bridge, Waverton (2)
 Brookfield Station, Wigton
 Wigton Station, Wigton
 railway bridge, Wigton
 Micklethwaite Station, Woodside
 Crofton Station, Westward
 railway bridge, Westward
 Curthwaite Station, Westward
 Dalston Station, Dalston
 railway bridge, Dalston
 Cummersdale Station, Cummersdale
 Caldew railway bridge, Cummersdale
 railway junction, Carlisle
 railway footbridge, Carlisle
 South End Co-op Junction, Carlisle
 Maryport and Carlisle Goods Depot, Carlisle
 MandC and LandC Junction, Carlisle
12.7.1837: authorized -  

1840: opened, Maryport to Arkleby -  

1841: opened, Maryport to Aspatria -  

1843: opened, Carlisle to Wigton -  

1844: opened, Wigton to Aspatria -  

1845: opened -  

mapping:-  
 Maryport Station, Maryport (2)

goes through:-   [Aspatria Junction, Aspatria]
[railway bridge, Allhallows]
[Baggrow Station, Allhallows]
[Mealsgate Station, Boltons]
 High Blaithwaite Station, Boltons
 Aikbank Junction, Waverton

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