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Harrington railway station is a railway station serving the village of Harrington in Cumbria, ... Christened the Harrington Hump, the ramp was built for £25,000 [1] ...
The Harrington Hump is a partial solution to the long-standing problem of user access to railway carriages from relatively low station platforms. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Hump is a pair of ramps and a short flat top, built from a glass-reinforced polymer.
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Harrington railway station, or Church Road halt, was a railway station in Harrington, Cumbria, England.It was opened by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR) on the company's Harrington Branch which connected with the Lowca Light Railway at Rosehill to provide a through route from Lowca to Workington Central and beyond.
The Harrington and Lowca Light Railway (commonly known as the Lowca Light Railway [2] or LLR) was a short railway on the coast of Cumberland, which is now part of Cumbria, England. The line was originally an industrial railway , but by the early twentieth century it was carrying passengers in association with the Cleator and Workington Junction ...
High Harrington station closed on 13 April 1931 when normal passenger traffic ended along the line. Diversions and specials, for example to football matches, [ 27 ] made use of the line, but it was not easy to use as a through north–south route because all such trains would have to reverse at Moor Row or Corkickle .
The railway station is a stop on the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line, 43 miles (70 km) south-west of Carlisle. It is operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services. The station master's house and ticket office, on the up (southbound) platform, date from 1860 and was formerly a restaurant with a railway theme, but is now a private house.