Aspatria railway station

Aspatria Railway Station serves the town of Aspatria in Cumbria, England. The railway station is a request stop on part of the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line 32 kilometres (20 mi) south west of Carlisle. The station is operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services.

History

Opened by the Maryport and Carlisle Railway in 1841 (although the line through to Carlisle wasn't completed until 1845), the station was once the junction for a long-defunct branch line to Mealsgate. Passenger trains on this route began in 1866 but ceased in September 1930 and complete closure followed in 1952.^[1]

The station became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, and then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.

The station signal box was the last surviving example built by the Maryport & Carlisle company prior to its closure and demolition in 1998.^[2]

Service

There is generally an hourly service northbound to Carlisle and southbound to Whitehaven with some trains going onwards to Barrow-in-Furness. On Sundays three trains a day go Carlisle and Whitehaven.

Notes

References

• Marshall, J (1981) Forgotten Railways North-West England, David & Charles (Publishers) Ltd, Newton Abbott. ISBN 0-7153-8003-6
• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Station on navigable O.S. map

External links

• Train times and station information for Aspatria railway station from National Rail