New Biggin railway station

{{Infobox station

| name = New Biggin

| status = Disused

| image =

| borough = Newbiggin, Westmorland and Furness

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|54.647425|-2.576507|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|NY628281|25|NY628281}}

| platforms = 2

| original = Midland Railway

| postgroup = London Midland and Scottish Railway

| years = 1 May 1876

| events = Opened

| years2 = 4 May 1970

| events2 = Station closed

}}

New Biggin or Newbiggin was a railway station which

served the village of Newbiggin near Kirkby Thore in Newbiggin parish, Cumbria, England. It was located on the Settle-Carlisle Line, {{convert|24+3/4|mi|km}} south of {{stnlnk|Carlisle}}. Whilst the station is now disused, the line is still operational and the nearest open station is Appleby.

History

It was built by the Midland Railway and opened on 1 May 1876.{{Butt-Stations|page=168}} The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders.{{cite news |author= |title=Notes by the Way. |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000228/18841101/022/0005 |newspaper=Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald |location=British Newspaper Archive |date=1 November 1884 |access-date=12 July 2016 |via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}

The station was closed on 4 May 1970 (when the local service over the line was withdrawn by British Rail) and the disused platforms subsequently demolished. The station building on the eastern side of the line still survives and is maintained as a private house.

Stationmasters

A. Werrett 1876 - 1878{{cite journal |author= |date=1871 |title=1871-1879 Coaching |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1728/images/32167_636897_0431-00394?ssrc=&backlabel=Return |journal=Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts |volume= |issue= |pages=737 |doi= |access-date=13 March 2021}}
S. Marshall 1878 - 1882{{cite journal |author= |date=1881 |title=1881-1898 Coaching |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1728/images/32167_626640_0604-00026?ssrc=&backlabel=Return |journal=Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts |volume= |issue= |pages=41 |doi= |access-date=13 March 2021}}
R. Cotterill 1882 - 1888
H. Gabb 1888 - 1903{{cite journal |author= |date=1899 |title=1899-1908 Coaching; Piece 1026 |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1728/images/32167_626640_0605-00017?ssrc=&backlabel=Return |journal=Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts |volume= |issue= |pages=37 |doi= |access-date=13 March 2021}}
William Brown from 1903 (formerly station master at Ribblehead)
E.C. Sones until 1914
William Henry Clement 1914 - 1933{{cite news |author= |title=Death of Newbiggin’s Late Stationmaster | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002296/19330321/060/0003 |newspaper=Penrith Observer |location=England |date=21 March 1933 |access-date=13 March 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} (also station master at Culgaith)

References

{{rail line|next=Culgaith |previous=Long Marton |route=Midland Railway
Settle-Carlisle Railway |col={{MR colour}} }}

Category:Disused railway stations in Cumbria

Category:Former Midland Railway stations

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1876

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1970

Category:John Holloway Sanders railway stations

Category:Beeching closures in England