Floriston railway station

Former railway station in Cumbria, England

Floriston

Location in the present-day City of Carlisle district, Cumbria

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Floriston

Location in present-day Cumbria, England

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Floriston railway station was a station which served the rural area around Floristonrigg, Rockcliffe Parish, south of Gretna in the English county of Cumberland (now part of Cumbria). It was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line. The nearest station for Floriston is now at Carlisle.

History

Opened by the Caledonian Railway,^[1] it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923 and was then closed by British Railways in 1950.

The station had a few sidings, a signal box on the other side of the level crossing from the platforms, pedestrian overbridge, stationmaster's house, ticket office and a waiting room. The line was double track here, however it is now a triple track section built on the site of one of the platforms, a siding, etc. Floriston was in the vicinity of the bridge over the River Esk.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Rockcliffe Line open; Station closed		Caledonian Railway Main Line		Gretna (Caledonian) Line open; Station closed

The site today

Trains pass at speed on the electrified West Coast Main Line. The station platforms and all other buildings have been demolished, the pedestrian overbridge has also been removed, however the level crossing is still present.

Caledonian Railway main line

Legend

Carstairs to Carlisle

Caledonian Railway main line

to Greenhill Junction

Carstairs

Caledonian Railway main line

to Edinburgh

Strawfrank Junction

Thankerton

Symington

(2nd station)

Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway

(1st station)

Crawford

Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch

(Private halt)

and Lockerbie Railway

Lockerbie

Ecclefechan

Kirtlebridge

Solway Junction Railway

Kirkpatrick

Quintinshill loops

Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway

Gretna Junction

Gretna│Gretna (BUR)

Longtown

Border Union Railway

Floriston

Rockcliffe

Border Union Railway ('the Waverley Line')

Willowholme Jn│Port Carlisle Branch Jn

Caldew Junctions

Carlisle Citadel

Citadel South Junctions

Maryport and Carlisle Railway

London Road Junction

Lancaster and Carlisle Railway

Petteril Bridge Junction

Newcastle & Carlisle Railway

Settle–Carlisle line

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Butt (1995), page 97

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.