Cockermouth railway station

Cockermouth railway station was the western terminus of the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway; it served the town of Cockermouth, Cumbria, England.

History

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 Cockermouth & Workington Railway station closed to passengers when the CK&PR station opened on an altered alignment, though it remained in use as a goods station until 1964.
The latter station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

The site today

All traces of the station are now gone, as the site is now occupied by the Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Base and the Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service.
Running down the left hand side of the Fire Service building is the old trackbed, now a public walkway; many original bridges and features survive to this day.