Middleton-on-Lune railway station local boarding schools. Goods traffic continued until 1 October 1964. The line was maintained as a possible relief route until April 1967 when the tracks were lifted. The station had a weighing machine and signal box located beyond the up platform . The main station building survives as a private dwelling. Middleton-on-Lune railway station Middleton-on-Lune railway station was located in Westmorland (now Cumbria), serving the hamlet and rural locale of Middleton on the Ingleton Branch Line. It was opened as Middleton in 1861 and renamed Middleton-on-Lune on 19 July 1926, closing in 1931. The Lancaster and Carlisle Railway built the
River Tees River Tees The River Tees () is in northern England. It rises on the eastern slope of Cross Fell in the North Pennines, and flows eastwards for to reach the North Sea between Hartlepool and Redcar near Middlesbrough. The river drains and has a number of tributaries including the River Greta, River Lune, River Balder, River Leven and River Skerne. Before the reorganisation of the historic English counties, the river formed the boundary between County Durham and Yorkshire. In its lower reaches it now forms the boundary between the ceremonial counties of County Durham and North Yorkshire, while in the