Harker railway station

Harker
The site of the station, looking north towards Harker, in 1997
General information
Location	Harker, Cumbria England
Coordinates	54°56′20″N 2°57′37″W / 54.939°N 2.9603°W / 54.939; -2.9603
Grid reference	NY385605
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Border Union Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER LMR
Key dates
29 October 1861 (1861-10-29)	First station opened
1 November 1929	Closed
1 March 1943	New unadvertised station opened south of first station
6 January 1969 (1969-01-06)	Closed
Location Harker Location in the present-day City of Carlisle district, Cumbria Show map of the former City of Carlisle district Harker Location in present-day Cumbria, England Show map of Cumbria

Harker railway station served the settlement of Harker, Cumbria, England, between 1861 and 1969 on the Waverley Line.

The first station was opened on 29 October 1861 by the North British Railway to the north of on an unnamed minor road . It closed on 1 November 1929 but was used as an unadvertised halt for military personnel to the nearby airfield from 1936 until circa 1941. A new unadvertised station for RAF staff was opened on 1 March 1943 by the LNER on the other side of the bridge from the first station. Near the station was an RAF stores depot, which was the reason why the station opened. The short platforms could not be extended because the goods yard, to the north, was still in use. The depot was renamed from RAF Kingston to RAF Carlisle and was home to the 14 maintenance unit. It was used to store equipment from aircraft parts to firearms, ammunition and aircrew clothing. The station closed on 6 January 1969^[1] along with the line. RAF Carlisle closed in 1996 and was unoccupied until 2010 when the Stobart group acquired it.^[2]