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Harker railway station

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The first station was opened on 29 October 1861 by the North British Railway to the north of on an unnamed minor road . It closed on 1 November 1929 but was used as an unadvertised halt for military personnel to the nearby airfield from 1936 until circa 1941. A new unadvertised station for RAF staff
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and was home to the 14 maintenance unit. It was used to store equipment from aircraft parts to firearms, ammunition and aircrew clothing. The station closed on 6 January 1969 along with the line. RAF Carlisle closed in 1996 and was unoccupied until 2010 when the Stobart group acquired it.
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on the other side of the bridge from the first station. Near the station was an RAF stores depot, which was the reason why the station opened. The short platforms could not be extended because the goods yard, to the north, was still in use. The depot was renamed from RAF Kingston to
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Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology
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The site of the station, looking north towards Harker, in 1997
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New unadvertised station opened south of first station
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Harker
Cumbria
54°56′20″N 2°57′37″W / 54.939°N 2.9603°W / 54.939; -2.9603
Grid reference
NY385605
Border Union Railway
North British Railway
LNER
LMR
Harker is located in the former City of Carlisle district
City of Carlisle
Cumbria
Harker is located in Cumbria
Cumbria
Harker, Cumbria
Waverley Line
LNER
RAF Carlisle
OCLC
931112387
"Disused Stations: Harker"
Lyneside
LNER
Waverley Line
Parkhouse Halt
Categories
Disused railway stations in Cumbria
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1861
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1929

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