Dovenby Lodge railway station was on the single track Derwent Branch of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&CR) in the then county of Cumberland, now Cumbria, England.
The station was opened in 1867. It was a private station solely for the use of the Ballentine-Dykes family of Dovenby Lodge, one of whom was Chairman of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway in the 1840s.
The station is variously referred to as "Dovenby", "Dovenby Park" and "Dovenby Lodge"; an image of a ticket bearing the name Dovenby Lodge is included in the standard work on non-public stations. Letters exchanged in 1868 between the family and the railway concern a parcel of land and a lodge at the station.Location of correspondence, via Cumbria Archives DBD/12/19
The station was available for use until the line closed in 1935, though it never appeared in public timetables. Unusually for those times the tracks were lifted not long after closure, with a tragic consequence; when a bridge was being demolished a girder fell on two men and killed them.
Afterlife In 2020 the station was in use as a dwelling.
See also
Maryport & Carlisle Railway Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway Cleator and Workington Junction Railway Cockermouth & Workington Railway
References
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Further reading
External links The station on an Edwardian OS map National Library of Scotland The station Rail Map Online The station on the branch, with mileages Railway Codes