Flimby railway station

Flimby Railway Station serves the Maryport suburb of Flimby in Cumbria, England. The railway station is a request stop on the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line 47 kilometres (29 mi) south east of Carlisle railway station. It is operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services.

Service

There is generally an hourly service northbound to Carlisle and southbound to Whitehaven railway station with some trains going onwards to Barrow-in-Furness railway station. On Sundays three trains a day go Carlisle and Whitehaven. All of these trains only stop at Flimby on request.

In the aftermath of the November 2009 Great Britain and Ireland floods Flimby saw its passenger numbers soar because of the closure of road transport between the north and south of the town of Workington.^[1] Additional peak time services were added for 26–27 November, followed by a new hourly shuttle service northbound to Maryport and southbound to Workington. This shuttle train was timetabled to always stop at Flimby, briefly reversing its status as a request only stop. This operated between 30 November 2009 and 28 May 2010. Workington North railway station, a temporary station, opened southbound of Flimby on 30 November 2009, reducing the pressure on trains at Flimby. In addition, all services between Workington, Workington North, Flimby and Maryport were are free of charge for this period. ^[2]

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