Lyneside railway station
railway station in Westlinton, Cunbria, UK, now closed
Lyneside railway station served the hamlet of West Linton, Cumbria, England, from 1861 to 1964 on the Waverley Line.
History
The station opened sometime after 29 October 1861, when the line opened, but this date is not confirmed. The original name of the station was West Linton, but it was changed to Lineside on 10 October 1870 and finally changed to Lyneside in December 1871. The River Lyne is near the station site. The station was situated on the north side of an unnamed minor road. There was a single siding with a loop but there was no goods yard. The station closed to passengers on 1 November 1929 and closed completely on 5 October 1964.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Lyneside railway station” is railway station in Westlinton, Cunbria, UK, now closed. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Lyneside, railway and station, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “railway station in Westlinton, Cunbria, UK, now closed” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 20, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q29025577. The first chronological checks are 1861, 1964, 1870 and 1871.
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This entry incorporates text from “Lyneside railway station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.