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Woodland railway station

Woodland
The site of the station in 2013
General information
Location	Woodland, Cumbria, South Lakeland England
Coordinates	54°18′13″N 3°10′04″W / 54.3036°N 3.1678°W / 54.3036; -3.1678
Grid reference	SD2489
Platforms	2[1][2]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Coniston Railway
Pre-grouping	Furness Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1859	Station opened
6 October 1958	Station closed to passengers
30 April 1962	Station closed completely
Location Woodland Location in present-day South Lakeland Show map of the former South Lakeland district Woodland Location in present-day Cumbria Show map of Cumbria

v t e Coniston Railway
Legend
Coniston copper mines Coniston Torver Summit Woodland Five Arches Viaduct Broughton-in-Furness Cumbrian Coast line toWhitehaven Foxfield Cumbrian Coast line toBarrow-in-Furness

Woodland railway station served the hamlet of Woodland, in Lancashire, England (now in Cumbria). It was on the branch linetoConiston.

History[edit]

Authorised by Parliament in August 1857 the line to Coniston was open less than two years later in June 1859.^[3] British Railways closed the station and the branch to passengers in 1958 and goods in 1962.^[4]

The station building remains and is a private residence.

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External links[edit]

• Woodland on a navigable 1946 O. S. map NPE maps
• The station on an Edwardian 25" OS map National Library of Scotland
• The station and line Rail Map Online
• The station and line with mileages Railway Codes

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