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| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Kingmoor, Carlisle, England |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Type | Railway yard |
| Routes served | West Coast Main Line |
| History | |
| Opened | 4 June 1963 |
| BR region | London Midland |
Kingmoor Marshalling Yard is a railway yard in Cumbria, North-West England. The yard opened in June 1963 to replace several smaller yards within the Carlisle area, and it sits a a nodal point of several lines which radiate away from Carlisle. Whilst marshalling of trains no longer takes place at the yard, it is still used for stabling and the layover of freight trains, and the supporting facility of being a permanent way depot.
History
[edit]Part of the freight movements across the city of Carlisle involved many trip workings to terminals south of Carlisle station. These were often worked by class 08 shunters which utilised an avoiding line o the west of the station. However, the avoiding line closed in 1984 after an accident on a bridge over the River Caldew. Thereafter, the freight transfer trains used the station, which according to some it was poorly equipped to handle this extra traffic as the 08s were slow-moving and held up other services through the station.[1]
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[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Rhodes, Michael (2016). From gridiron to grassland : the rise and fall of Britain's railway marshalling yards. Sheffield: Platform 5. ISBN 978-1-909431-25-6.
- Robinson, Peter W. (1986). Rail Centres: Carlisle. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1429-9.