Muncaster Mill railway station


Muncaster Mill railway station is a railway station on the gauge Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway in Cumbria, England. The station is located from Ravenglass and from Dalegarth, at the point where the A595 coast road crosses the line. It is situated on the bank of the River Mite and adjacent to Muncaster Mill, formerly a watermill but now a private house, from which it takes its name.

Facilities

There is a passenger shelter and disabled-access toilet at the station. There is a siding built into the platform surface, which was formerly used for storage of permanent way engineers' rolling stock, and by shuttle trains on Gala event days. However, the siding has since been disconnected from the main line, by the removal of the points.
Although previously staffed by a station master, the station is now unstaffed, with trains stopping by request.

Accessibility

The platform is not long enough to accommodate step-free access to the disabled carriages, which are normally located towards the eastern end of each train set, on both the eastbound and westbound journeys.

Muncaster Mill

Muncaster water mill ground wholemeal flour up until the end of World War I but government legislation made this uneconomic so it turned to crushing grain for cattle feed. It ceased operation in 1961. The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Company purchased the mill in 1975 and had it restored to working order as a tourist attraction.