Cockermouth railway station

Cockermouth in 1847 connected to the Cockermouth and Workington Railway, which built the first railway station. The company was taken over in 1866 by the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway. 1865/1866 had Cockermouth therefore two passenger railway stations of the two companies until after the merger of the older station to the freight depot was. The train station of Cockermouth was closed on 18 April 1966, later demolished. The English singing duo Flanders and Swann took the station of Cockermouth in 1963 in his title Slow Train as one of many stations, their closure they complain in this item at.

Today, the building of the Cockermouth Mountain Rescue and the headquarters of the Cumbrian Fire Service is on the location of the station.