Muncaster Mill railway station

Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Template other Template:Routemap Muncaster Mill railway station is a railway station on the Template:RailGauge gauge Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway in Cumbria, England. The station is located from Ravenglass and from Dalegarth, at the point where the A595 coast road crosses the line. It is situated on the bank of the River Mite and adjacent to Muncaster Mill, formerly a watermill but now a private house, from which it takes its name.

Facilities

There is a passenger shelter and disabled-access toilet at the station. There is a siding built into the platform surface, which was formerly used for storage of permanent way engineers' rolling stock, and by shuttle trains on Gala event days. However, the siding has since been disconnected from the main line, by the removal of the points.

Although previously staffed by a station master, the station (in common with all intermediate stops on the railway) is now unstaffed, with trains stopping by request.

Accessibility

The platform is not long enough to accommodate step-free access to the disabled carriages, which are normally located towards the eastern end of each train set, on both the eastbound and westbound journeys.

Muncaster Mill

Muncaster water mill ground wholemeal flour up until the end of World War I but government legislation made this uneconomic so it turned to crushing grain for cattle feed. It ceased operation in 1961. The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Company purchased the mill in 1975 and had it restored to working order as a tourist attraction.

Gallery

• River Irt at Muncaster Mill
  River Irt at Muncaster Mill
• Muncaster Mill seen from the station
  Muncaster Mill seen from the station
• The River Mite seen from the station
  The River Mite seen from the station
• Bridge carrying the A595 across the line
  Bridge carrying the A595 across the line

References

Preceding station	Heritage Railways  Heritage railways			Following station
Ravenglass	style="background:#Template:Heritage rail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway	style="background:#Template:Heritage rail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Miteside Halt