Workington Station

Workington Station. . , Workington formerly had three stations - Workington Central (closed in 1931), Workington Bridge (closed in 1951) and Workington Main (or Low). Today, only the Workington Main station is used., The goods lines were used to supply materials to the various local industries, transporting goods all over the country. Today the main freight use of the line is to serve the Sellafield nuclear facility alongside the Workington Docks with passenger services connecting towns and villages along the Cumbrian coast., The the map of 1845 shows the area as open fields with only a few buildings located just to the north., After the Workington Main (low) station was built in the 1800s, the area soon became a busy railway yard surrounded by terraced streets. An iron foundry, a stool works, and a gas works were built to the west of the station., Many buildings associated with the railway have been demolished. The remaining railway tracks to the goods shed are no longer in use., The locomotive shed was originally built in the 1870s and modified into a 10 road shed with a central dividing wall. Over the years the shed has proven its multi-use status., Main uses of the locomotive shed include: , . Sub-shed of Barrow and Creation (1960) , . Owned by WK Steam (until 1968) house steam trains , . Home to Diesel locomotives , . Wagon repair shop (1980s) , In the mid 1990s Workington Transport Heritage Trust were negotiating to buy the shed with the aim to restore the shed to use as their own office use., In 2006 the shed was sold to the Great Central Railway, dismantled and moved to Loughborough but unfortunately their plans for its future use did not materialise.