IN this week's edition of nostalgia, we have looked back at all things trains and railway station across Cumbria.
The Alston Railway Station picture and caption shows the day the railway shut, however it has since reopened. It was originally on the Alston Branch Line, which ran between Haltwhistle and Alston. It was opened by the North Eastern Railway on 21 May 1852, closing on 3 May 1976. Following a seven-year closure, the station reopened in July 1983, as part of the South Tynedale Railway.
Other stations included is the Penrith railway station. The station was built by the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, and opened on 17 December 1846. The station was designed by Sir William Tite, designer of a number of early railway stations in Britain, including the Citadel station.
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