The old Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway closed in 1965. 

Since then the towns of Rowrah and Cleator Moor have been cut off from the rest of Cumbria. Reopening the railway to Rowrah with intermediate stations at Moor Row and Cleator Moor would help these towns and villages to have a reliable public transport link to Whitehaven and the rest of Cumbria.

A DMU could shuttle from Whitehaven calling at Corkickle on the Cumbrian Coast Line before branching off at a reinstated Mirehouse Junction to Rowrah. 

The town of Cleator Moor has a population of nearly 7,000, with a reopened railway a significant amount of traffic could be taken off the local roads.