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The station opened to passenger traffic on 2 January 1865 and closed on 18 April 1966. The station was the second to be built in the town. The original
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The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present
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station opened on an altered alignment, though it remained in use as a goods station until 1964.
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Junction Diagram showing (right) railways in the vicinity of the station
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The latter station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "
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Former Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway stations
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Cockermouth railway station (1847–1865)

Cockermouth
Allerdale
54°39′36″N 3°21′54″W / 54.660°N 3.365°W / 54.660; -3.365
Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway
London and North Western Railway
London Midland and Scottish Railway
older station

Railway Clearing House
Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway
Cockermouth
Cumbria
England
Cockermouth & Workington Railway station
CK&PR
Slow Train
Flanders and Swann
Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service
Butt, R. V. J.
The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present
Sparkford
ISBN
978-1-85260-508-7
OCLC
60251199
OL
11956311M
Allan, Ian

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