[Source: Alan Young] Keswick Station Gallery 7: February 1972 - September 1989
Keswick station looking east from the disused island platform in February 1972. The platform building and roofing remain in place on this platform; the rails have been removed from both platform faces. Double-topped concrete lamp standards still line the platform. In March 1972 the last trains will call at the former up platform (right).
Photo from John Mann collection
Five years after closure the island platform has been demolished leaving the wide open space to the right. The photo, taken on 12 April 1977, is looking west along the down platform. The derelict station building, complete with glazed platform roofing, awaits its fate.
Photo by Alan Young 
Looking south-east at Keswick station on 12 April 1977. The viewpoint is the site of the island platform. The glazed roofing of the down platform is intact in front of the disused station building. Keswick Hotel is seen in the background.
Photo by Alan Young  The roadside elevation of the disused Keswick station, looking east on 12 April 1977. The station name is still on display above the entrance.
Photo by Alan Young 
The former down platform at Keswick station looking west in July 1986. At this time the station is probably at its lowest ebb with its building derelict, the platform’s paving invaded by grass and the platform roofing badly deteriorated. Thankfully restoration would soon be under way.
Photo by Howard Benson
The remaining platform and building of Keswick station are seen in July 1986, looking east. This sorry sight is in sharp contrast to the photos taken twenty years earlier of an idyllic, well-maintained station.
Photo by Howard Benson  The old goods warehouse at Keswick station in August 1986.Photo by John Mann  Looking west towards Keswick station in August 1986. In the foreground is the down platform ramp; this was an extension of the original platform. The station building and platform roofing can be seen in the distance,
Photo by John Mann 
The refurbished down platform, main building and platform roofing of Keswick station, looking west on 25 October 1988.
Photo
by Alan Young
 Looking west at the former down platform and the main building of Keswick station in September 1989. The adjacent Keswick Hotel now incorporates what remains of the old station and a glazed lounge extends onto the platform beneath the platform roofing.Photo by Nick Catford Click here for Keswick Station Gallery 8:
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