Harrington railway station, Cumbria
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Harrington railway station, Cumbria by Nigel Thompson as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Harrington railway station, Cumbria
Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 14 Jul 2013
Opened in 1846 by the Whitehaven Junction Railway (later part of the London & North Western Railway empire) on the line from Barrow-in-Furness to Carlisle. View north towards Workington and Carlisle. The two raised darker areas on the platforms are known as "Harrington Humps", designed to raise the level of the platform and give easier access to trains. They were first tried here, hence the name, and are now used at numerous other rural stations.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
54.61317
Longitude
-3.565425