Lowca railway station
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Lowca railway station served the village of Lowca
in the English
county
of Cumbria
. The station opened on 2 June 1913 and closed in 1925 when passenger services ceased.
It was on the Lowca Light Railway which connected with the Cleator & Workington Junction Railway at Harrington
.
Lowca
Lowca is a village and civil parish in the English county of Cumbria. It was formerly a mining area but is now noted for its wind farm.In 1800, brothers Adam, Thomas and Crosby Heslop, formerly associated with the ironworks at Seaton near Workington established an iron foundry and engineering...
in the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county
County
A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...
of Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
. The station opened on 2 June 1913 and closed in 1925 when passenger services ceased.
It was on the Lowca Light Railway which connected with the Cleator & Workington Junction Railway at Harrington
Harrington railway station
Harrington Railway Station serves the village of Harrington in Cumbria, England. It is a request stop on the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line south east of Carlisle...
.