title: Dovenby Lodge railway station
text: # Dovenby Lodge railway station
  
  vte Maryport and Carlisle Railway :
  
  Legend :
  
  | West Coast Main Lineto Glasgow and Edinburgh | West Coast Main Lineto Glasgow and Edinburgh |
  | - | - |
  | Carlisle Citadel | Carlisle Citadel |
  | West Coast Main Lineto London | West Coast Main Lineto London |
  | Cummersdale | Cummersdale |
  | Dalston | Dalston |
  | Curthwaite | Curthwaite |
  | Croftonprivate station | Croftonprivate station |
  | Wigton | Wigton |
  | Brookfield | Brookfield |
  | Aikbank Junction | Aikbank Junction |
  | Leegate | Leegate |
  | Solway Junction Rly | Solway Junction Rly |
  | Brayton | Brayton |
  | High Blaithwaite | High Blaithwaite |
  | Mealsgate | Mealsgate |
  | Allhallows Colliery | Allhallows Colliery |
  | Baggrow | Baggrow |
  | Aspatria | Aspatria |
  | Arkleby(closed 1852) | Arkleby(closed 1852) |
  | Bullgill | Bullgill |
  | Dearham Bridge | Dearham Bridge |
  | Maryport | Maryport |
  | Cumbrian Coast line | Cumbrian Coast line |
  | Dearham | Dearham |
  | Linefoot | Linefoot |
  | Linefoot Junction | Linefoot Junction |
  | Cleator and WorkingtonJunction Railway | Cleator and WorkingtonJunction Railway |
  | Dovenby Lodge | Dovenby Lodge |
  | Papcastle | Papcastle |
  | Cockermouth andWorkington Railway | Cockermouth andWorkington Railway |
  | Brigham | Brigham |
  | Cockermouth andWorkington Railway | Cockermouth andWorkington Railway |
  
  Dovenby Lodge railway station was on the single track Derwent Branch of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&CR) in the then county of Cumberland, now Cumbria, England.
  
  The station was opened in 1867. It was a private station solely for the use of the Ballentine-Dykes family of Dovenby Lodge, one of whom was Chairman of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway in the 1840s.
  
  The station is variously referred to as "Dovenby", "Dovenby Park" and "Dovenby Lodge"; an image of a ticket bearing the name Dovenby Lodge is included in the standard work on non-public stations. Letters exchanged in 1868 between the family and the railway concern a parcel of land and a lodge at the station.
  
  The station was available for use until the line closed in 1935, though it never appeared in public timetables. Unusually for those times the tracks were lifted not long after closure, with a tragic consequence; when a bridge was being demolished a girder fell on two men and killed them.
  
  ## Afterlife
  
  In 2020 the station was in use as a dwelling.
  
  | Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station |
  | - | - | - |
  | Linefoot Line and station closed | Maryport & Carlisle Railway Derwent Branch | Papcastle Line and station closed |
  