The station has stood on this site since the mid-1920s , when it was moved from in front of the nearby miners ' cottages ( now home to employees of the railway ) . In the days of the 3 ' gauge line , the station was at Boot , but soon after the conversion of the final stretch to 15 " gauge , it became apparent that the miniature locomotives could not cope with the gradient , and the line was diverted to the current station , which is on the route of a late-Victorian mine branch from the cottages to Gill Force , across the River Esk . The former route to Boot can still be seen and walked . For about 80 years , the station building was a converted second-hand hut from the weapons testing establishment at Eskmeals near Ravenglass . The current building , utilising its railway embankment site to create a split-level layout with an education/meeting suite below the main café and shop area , was opened on 21 April 2007 by music producer and railway enthusiast Pete Waterman . At the climax of the Cumbria shootings in 2010 , passengers had to remain within the station building under armed guard
Cumbria shootings
Cumbria shootings
Dalegarth railway station