Did I find the Orient Express! Cockermouth, Keswick to Penrith Abandoned Railway

A railway running out of the area was originally deemed unprofitable. The communities however were not for keeping quiet hence a letter from J.M. of Keswick:
Printed as "Railway Accommodation in the Lake District". Carlisle Journal. 6 November 1857.

"Here we are buried - shut out from the world, as it were - 15 hours from a morning paper while other people know at an instant what happens at the other end of the kingdom"

However investors soon came to the idea of running a mineral train from the West of Cumberland to the Coke-ovens of South Durham – and with the backing of the London and Northwestern Railway the company's Bill was unopposed, and its Act received its Royal Assent in August 1861.

So the The first sod was cut here (Church Ln Great Crosthwaite in Keswick) by the company chairman on the 21st May 1862.

The construction of 31 1⁄2 miles of railway between here in Cockermouth to the West Coast Main Line at Penrith was started and four years later on the 2nd January 1865 the Cockermouth Keswick & Penrith Railway was up and running.

In this video I will travel along the lost line via it’s stations, aged structures to explore what remains of it today.

Thank you to the https://www.threlkeldquarryandminingm... 'Dikon' for appearing / supporting the video.

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