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Carlisle railway station, or Carlisle Citadel, is a Grade II* listed [1] railway station serving the cathedral city of Carlisle, Cumbria, England. It is on the West Coast Main Line , 102 miles (164 km) south-east of Glasgow Central and 299 miles (481 km) north north-west of London Euston .
The station was used as a hospital, and soldiers used the station's cupola during the battle. [13] A station east of the borough was established for Camp Letterman before rail traffic was restored to the depot on July 10, [14] and by the end of July, nearly 15,000 wounded troops had passed through the station [1]: 15 via the twice-daily trains ...
The South Mountain Railroad was a southcentral Pennsylvania railway line for "connecting the Pine Grove works to the Cumberland Valley R. R." [3] and which provided mining and passenger services via a southwest section from Hunter's Run, Pennsylvania, and a northern section from Hunter's Run to the CVRR junction northeast of Carlisle.
Northeast of Carlisle in Middlesex Township, US 11 has interchanges with the Pennsylvania Turnpike , and then I-81 roughly one mile (1.6 km) later. The stretch of US 11 between I-76 and I-81 is known as the "Miracle Mile" since it contains plenty of traveler services including restaurants, gas stations, lodging, truck stops, and shops. [ 1 ]
Lycoming Valley Railroad (LVRR) (North Shore Railroad (Pennsylvania)) Maryland Midland Railway (MMID) (Genesee & Wyoming) Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad (MIDH) New Castle Industrial Railroad (NCIR) New Hope Railroad (NHRR) New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYSW) Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad (NBER) (North Shore Railroad ...
The Cumberland-Dauphin-Harrisburg Transit Authority was formed in 1973 after the dissolution of the Harrisburg Railways Company.When that company ceased operations, the city of Harrisburg and Cumberland and Dauphin counties formed the authority to ensure mass transit services would continue to be available in the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area.
The Reading Company filed for bankruptcy in 1971 and the railway line was owned by Conrail in 1976 from April 1-October. [22] The line was purchased by the Blairsville & Indiana Railroad which changed its name to [23] Gettysburg Railroad (1976–1996) and used the line for freight and, under its Gettysburg Passenger Services subsidiary, tourist excursions.
The Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad Company was incorporated on March 4, 1850, with a charter from the Maryland General Assembly. [1] The early charter date reflects the prominence of Mt. Savage as an early foundry of iron rail and manufacturer of locomotives in the United States. The first iron rail rolled in the United States was ...