Cotehill railway station was a railway station

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 on the Settle-Carlisle Railway

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 in England between Armathwaite

Armathwaite railway station

Armathwaite railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Armathwaite in Cumbria, England. It is operated by Northern Rail, which provides all passenger-train services. It is now, since the closure of Cotehill , Cumwhinton and Scotby stations, the final stop on the...

 and Cumwhinton

Cumwhinton

Cumwhinton is a small village in Cumberland, England. It is around one mile away from both Scotby and Wetheral, and four miles from Carlisle. The village lies in Wetheral civil parish-History and facilities:...

. The line opened for passengers in 1876. The Ordnance Survey

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 map published in the year 1900 shows the station serving the point at which a tramway from Knothill Plaster

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 and Cement

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 Works meets the Settle-Carlisle. The tramway continued from Knothill to Boaterby Quarry

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. According to Tyler, Knothill was one of the first Gypsum

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 sites in Cumbria

The station is named after the nearest village but this is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) away and extremely small. It is closer to Englethwaite Hall (now the location of a Caravan Club

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 campsite) but it is clear from the map that the sparse local population could not have sustained a railway station. In addition, the station is only 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from Armathwaite and very close to Cumwhinton, both of which had stations of their own.

The tramway is absent from later maps, though its route is clearly visible as a track on the 1951 map. The station closed in 1952. Unusually for this line, the passenger buildings were demolished. The site remains clear so could in principle be re-used

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. One end of it is occupied by a communication mast

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. The stationmaster's

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 house and railway workers' cottages are immediately adjacent to the Cotehill Viaduct

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, where the railway crosses High Stand Gill

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 near where it flows into the Eden

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. The houses are privately occupied.