[Source: Alan Young] Bassenthwaite Lake Station Gallery 3: September 1965 - 1972  Looking north-west on the down platform at Bassenthwaite Lake in September 1965. A ‘Derby Lightweight’ DMU for Penrith is entering the station on a summer afternoon; two camping coaches, a familiar feature of the summer months at this station, are stabled on a siding in the goods yard.
Photo from John Mann collection  Bassenthwaite Lake station is dwarfed by the snow-clad slopes of Skiddaw (3,053ft). The view on 2 April 1966 is south-eastwards over the A594 road’s level crossing and is the day of the Lakes and Fells railtour. Just behind the photographer the single-track railway from Cockermouth widens to double track through Bassenthwaite station, enabling trains to pass. Beyond here the route is single track through Braithwaite as far as Keswick. The signal box dates from 1911 and is a CK&P design. Beyond the crossing, the stationmaster’s house is to the right.
Photo by Maurice Burns 
As a DMU in the foreground waits at the up platform of Bassenthwaite station, a down working is entering the station. The view is south-eastwards towards the snow-clad Skiddaw in April 1966. None of the station's buildings are seen here but the row of gas lanterns of modest design, fitted to simple posts, the BR(LM) nameboard and totem nameplates (one reflected in the nearby window) will be noted.
Photo by Maurice Burns 
Diesel multiple units pass at Bassenthwaite Lake station on 2 April 1966 with snow-clad Skiddaw dominating the background. By this time the ‘Derby Lightweight’ DMUs bear the yellow livery below the driver’s windows rather than the ‘whiskers’ seen on an earlier photo.
Photo by Maurice Burns  In April 1966 the railway between Keswick and Workington, through Bassenthwaite Lake station, was closed. This photo was taken in that month; whether before or after closure is not known. The view is from the up platform ramp towards the main building on the down platform.
Photo received from Mike Hussey 
Looking north-west along the up platform of Bassenthwaite Lake station in May 1966. The line and station have been closed for a few weeks, but there is no evidence of this as all is in good order. The station building (left) still carries its ‘Gentlemen’ and ‘Ladies’ signs and the lamp standard (minus lamp) displays a totem nameplate. The crossing gates over the A594 road are, of course, closed
across the rails. Copyright photo by John Alsop 
Bassenthwaite Lake station’s signal box photographed in May 1966, the month after it closed.
Copyright photo by Nigel Mundy  Bassenthwaite Lake station looking south-west from the signal box in April 1968 two years after the line closed. Although the main buildings and cottages remain intact and largely unchanged the up platform building has been demolished, its base can be seen on the left. Stations signs and lights have been removed and telegraph poles have been recently cut down and are awaiting collection.Photo by Steve Porch from his Flickr photostream  Looking north-east from the level crossing at Bassenthwaite Lake station in April 1968. Although the line has been closed for two years vegetation seems surprisingly light. The station would of course see one more train, the demolition train later that year. Once crossing gate has been removed for some reason.
Photo by Steve Porch from his Flickr photostream 
Bassenthwaite Lake level crossing in April 1968, two years after the line closed. The signal box is on the south side if the level crossing with the stationmaster's house on the north side. One crossing gate has been removed; it is probably not the gate seen on the left as that is the entrance to the goods yard which would have been gated.
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by Steve Porch from his Flickr photostream
Bassenthwaite Lake station, and the line between Keswick, Cockermouth and Workington which passed through it, closed in 1966. The station is seen in 1968, looking south-east towards the level crossing. The rails have been removed but the crossing gates remain in place. Redundant sleepers and point rodding are dumped in the foreground. Remarkably, the signal box still carries its nameplate. On the up (left) platform the timber waiting shelter has been removed.
Photo courtesy of Cumbrian Railway  Looking north-east from the main road towards Bassenthwaite Lake station in 1972, about six years after closure. Part of the stationmaster’s house is seen far left and the station building is ahead; the right-hand gabled section was formerly a sub-post office.Photo from Jim Lake collection Click here for Bassenthwaite Lake Station Gallery 4:
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