The station opened to passenger traffic on 2 January 1865 and closed on 18 April 1966.

[2] The latter station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

All traces of the station are now gone, as the site is now occupied by the Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Base and the Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service.

[2] Running down the left hand side of the Fire Service building is the old trackbed, now a public walkway; many original bridges and features survive to this day.

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