Disused Stations: Penruddock Station

A Class 108 DMU bound for Keswick calls at Penruddock to collect or deposit passengers on 22 June 1970. By this time the station is unstaffed and all trains use this platform
Photo from Steve Davies collection

A Class 108 DMU bound for Penrith draws out of the former up platform of Penruddock station in July 1970. Both up and down trains now use this platform. The signal box and down platform (no longer rail-served) will be noted. The somewhat flimsy-looking electric lamp standard was installed in the late 1960s when oil lighting ceased to be used.
Photo from John Mann collection

The former up platform, building and disused signal box are seen at Penruddock station in 1971, the year before closure.
Photo from Mike Hussey by J H Charters

Penruddock looking east c1971 after the de-staffing of the station, singling of the track and abandonment of the former down platform. A BR(LM) totem nameplate is affixed to the building. Beyond are a recently-installed electric lamp and the CK&P signal box which closed in 1967. To the right is the site of the former dock where horse boxes were handled. The single line route has adopted the up track in the foreground but has been slewed at the far end of the abandoned down platform to use the original down track.
Photo from John Mann collection

Looking west from the disused down platform at Penruddock station c1971. Trains in both directions now use the up platform. Since 1967 the signal box has been closed and in the following year the station became an ‘unstaffed halt’, though the ‘Halt’ suffix was never applied to this or the other stations on the branch which ceased to be staffed at this time..
Photo from John Mann collection

Penruddock station looking east from the up platform c1971. Passenger access was through the door on the left under the totem sign. Penruddock station totems are very rare; the last known sale was in 2017 when one sold for £4000 .
Photo from John Mann collection

The former up platform of Penruddock station looking north-west c1971. The tracks through the station have recently been singled leaving only the former up track and platform in use. The station has been unstaffed since 1968. The station building seen here was almost identical to those at Troutbeck, Braithwaite and Embleton stations, distinguished by the stepping forward of the booking office, allowing the staff to have a clearer view along the platform, and the half-hipped gable at the near end. A BR(LM) totem nameplate is fixed to the building, joined recently by BR ‘Corporate Identity’ signs informing passengers of the destination of trains which call at the now-bidirectional platform.
Photo from John Mann collection

Looking east at Penruddock station c1971. Only the former up platform remains in use; its building and the disused signal box beyond are visible. In the foreground the sign indicates a change of gradient. The former crossover between the up and (removed) down track has not yet been removed.
Photo from John Mann collection

Corre enruddock station looking west from the west end of the disused up platform c1971. Only the up platform, seen beyond the signal box, is in use at this time..
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The main station building on the up platform at Penruddock c1971. Although the station is unstaffed at this time passenger access is through the booking office. Corporate identity signs indicate trains for Penrith head east whilst those for Workington head west..
Photo from John Mann collection

Penruddock signal box seen from the barrow crossing linking the two platforms c1971.
Photo from John Mann collection

The platform elevation of Penruddock station was frequently photographed but this view of the ‘forecourt’ was rarely captured on film. It is not known when the extensions in brick were added. The photo is circa 1971.
Photo from John Mann collection

Penruddock station looking west circa 1971. The disused down platform is on the left. The up platform, which is still in use at this time, is beyond the signal box.
Photo from John Mann collection

Looking west from the east and of the up platform circa 1971; the disused staggered down platform is seen beyond. The two platforms are linked by a barrow crossing to be used by staff; passengers can reach the down platform along an approach road..
Photo from John Mann collection