Woodend Railway Station

Woodend railway station was planned by the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway on its to branch, but by the time the station opened the company had been bought out by the LNWR and Furness Railway who operated the line jointly until grouping in 1923. The station was in the hamlet of Wood End and served the villages in its full name, in Cumbria, England. HistoryThe line was one of the fruits of the rapid industrialisation of West Cumberland in the second half of the nineteenth century. The station was a later addition, opening to passengers on 1 March 1880. ServicesIn 1922 eight northbound passenger trains called at Wood End, two connected with trains to at, all the others continued there without a change. A Saturdays Only evening train terminated at Moor Row. The southbound service was similar. There were no Sunday trains. The LNWR and Furness Joint Railway divided traffic responsibilities so that passenger traffic through the station was usually worked by the Furness Railway. A three times a day unadvertised workmen's service from to began on 15 January 1912, calling at Woodend, Egremont and. It is not yet clear when this came to an end or if other workmen's services were provided. Goods traffic was typical of an industrial area, sustaining sidings and goods depots long after passenger services were withdrawn. Mineral traffic was the dominant flow, though this was subject to considerable fluctuation with trade cycles. A considerable amount of iron ore travelled south through Woodend bound for the furnaces of Millom and Barrow-in-Furness. Stations and signalling along the line south of Rowrah were changed during the Joint regime to conform to Furness Railway standards.

Woodend railway station was planned by the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway on its to branch, but by the time the station opened the company had been bought out by the LNWR and Furness Railway who operated the line jointly until grouping in 1923. The station was in the hamlet of Wood End and served the villages in its full name, in Cumbria, England. HistoryThe line was one of the fruits of the rapid industrialisation of West Cumberland in the second half of the nineteenth century. The station was a later addition, opening to passengers on 1 March 1880. ServicesIn 1922 eight northbound passenger trains called at Wood End, two connected with trains to at, all the others continued there without a change. A Saturdays Only evening train terminated at Moor Row. The southbound service was similar. There were no Sunday trains. The LNWR and Furness Joint Railway divided traffic responsibilities so that passenger traffic through the station was usually worked by the Furness Railway. A three times a day unadvertised workmen's service from to began on 15 January 1912, calling at Woodend, Egremont and. It is not yet clear when this came to an end or if other workmen's services were provided. Goods traffic was typical of an industrial area, sustaining sidings and goods depots long after passenger services were withdrawn. Mineral traffic was the dominant flow, though this was subject to considerable fluctuation with trade cycles. A considerable amount of iron ore travelled south through Woodend bound for the furnaces of Millom and Barrow-in-Furness. Stations and signalling along the line south of Rowrah were changed during the Joint regime to conform to Furness Railway standards.