Willowholme Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Willowholme Junction (1877-1962)Opened on the Carlisle Goods Loop (Carlisle Goods Traffic Committee).
Opened on the Port Carlisle Branch Junction to Canal Junction Curve (Caledonian Railway).
Description
This junction was on the short length of connecting line which allowed trains from the Waverley Route to approach Carlisle station from the north.
The connecting line (1860) ran from Canal Junction [Carlisle] to the west to Port Carlisle Branch Junction to the east. Willowholme Junction was mid way.
The purpose of the junction was to join the connecting line with the north end of the 1877 Carlisle Goods Loop (Carlisle Goods Traffic Committee).
The signal box, on the north side of the junction, opened with the junction. The box was 'Carlisle No 1'.
A short branch to Willowholme Power Station was opened to the north west in 1927.
The signal box closed in 1962 when the north end of the goods line was cut back to Port Carlisle Branch Junction. This was related to the opening of Kingmoor Marshalling Yard in 1963 and the concentration of goods handling there. The Waverley Route had a new goods connection to that yard and a wartime built line dating from 1942 connected from Kingmoor Junction / Etterby Junction to Port Carlisle Branch Junction.
The connecting line closed altogether in 1969 with the closure of the Waverley Route.
The location is now rough ground between a sewage works and industrial estate.
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Junction
| Nearby stations Port Carlisle Junction Carlisle Canal [Station] Carlisle Crown Street Bogfield Carlisle London Road Parkhouse Halt Cummersdale Kirkandrews Harker Scotby [NER] Rockcliffe Scotby [MR] Dalston Brisco | Port Carlisle Branch Junction Caldew Viaduct Canal Yard Willowholme Power Station Sawmill Eden Viaduct [Etterby] Canal Junction [Carlisle] Canal Goods [Carlisle] Carr^s Biscuits Factory Etterby Junction Waverley Viaduct Caldew Junction Carlisle Canal Shed Dentonholme North Junction Caldew Viaduct [Dentonholme Joint] |
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