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Wray railway station

Coordinates: 54°06′32″N 2°37′04″W / 54.10885°N 2.61790°W / 54.10885; -2.61790
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Wray
Wray Crossing, 1901
General information
LocationWray, Lancaster, Lancashire
England
Coordinates54°06′32″N 2°37′04″W / 54.10885°N 2.61790°W / 54.10885; -2.61790
Platforms0
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company"Little" North Western Railway
Key dates
17 November 1849Opened
10 August 1850Closed
3 January 1966Line closed between Wennington and Morecambe to passengers
5 June 1967[1]Line closed between Wennington and Morecambe to freight
Location
Wray is located in the City of Lancaster district
Wray
Wray
Location in the present-day City of Lancaster district
Wray is located in Lancashire
Wray
Wray
Location in present-day Lancashire

Wray railway station was a short-lived station near the village of Wray in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. The station was opened on a temporary basis by the "Little" North Western Railway on their route between Skipton and Lancaster, and was closed after just ten months of operation in the summer of 1850. The station was a single-building cottage and was administered by John Bee until 1891.[2]

The line remained in use until closure to passengers in 1966 between Wennington and Morecambe Promenade. Freight services finished the following year in 1967 and the track was subsequently dismantled. The old formation has since been returned to agricultural land. The course of the route can still be followed from nearby roads and on satellite images, with several overbridges still standing.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Passenger No More : 1952 to 1962" (PDF). Library.lse.ac.uk. February 1963. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Wray Station - Lunesdale Project". Sites.google.com.
  3. ^ "Tatham area railway stations 1845-1914". Tathamhistory.org.uk.
  4. ^ "Spellerweb Resources and Information". Spellerweb.net.


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Wennington   Midland Railway
"Little" North Western Railway
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