Penrith No. 1 to Workington Main, Derwent Junction

Restored archive page

This is a track and signalling schedule from the original British Railways 1960 archive, compiled by Brian Robertson. It records the running lines, junctions, signal boxes, and stations along this section as worked in the nationalisation era.

Junctions and other features Running Lines Stations, Signal Boxes and Junctions Distance from Signal Box above Loops and Refuge Sidings Notes
Up Down
Maximum permissible speed 55 m.p.h.
1 ↕ Penrith No.1 –
2 ↕ Blencow 3m 782yds DRS 60
UGL 40
3 ↕ ↓ Penruddock Station 3m 1456yds
4 ↑ ↓ Troutbeck (for Ullswater) Station 2m 401yds
5 ↑ ↕ Threlkeld Station 4m 1592
Briery Siding Halt
6 ↕ ↓ Keswick No. 1 3m 593yds
7 ↕↕↑ ↕ Keswick No. 2 0m 327yds
8 ↕ Braithwaite Station (Level Crossing) 2m 525yds
9 ↕ Bassenthwaite Lake Station (Level Crossing) 4m 1735yds DPL 50
10 ↕ Embleton Station (Level Crossing) 2m 417yds
11 ↕ Cockermouth (For Buttermere) Station 2m 1230yds CL 45*
DPL 25
* Worked in both directions.
12 ↕ ↓ Cockermouth Junction 0m 1499yds
13 ↑ ↓ Brigham Station (Level Crossing) 1m 1028yds
14 ↑ ↓ Marron Junction 2m 92yds
15 ↑ ↓ William Pit Sidings 1m 1738yds
16 ↑ – Derwent Junction 2m 294yds

Source: the original britishrailways1960.co.uk archive (Brian Robertson, 2003 to 2013), restored from the site’s own records. Corrections welcome via the contribute page.

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