Aspatria railway station

Aspatria National Rail
Location
Place Aspatria
Local authority Allerdale
Coordinates 54°45′32″N 3°19′55″W / 54.759°N 3.332°W / 54.759; -3.332Coordinates: 54°45′32″N 3°19′55″W / 54.759°N 3.332°W / 54.759; -3.332
Grid reference NY143412
Operations
Station code ASP
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Decrease 30,734
2011/12 Decrease 30,078
2012/13 Decrease 29,472
2013/14 Decrease 26,170
2014/15 Increase 27,682
History
Key dates Opened 12 April 1841 (12 April 1841)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Aspatria from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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 20 miles (32 km) south west of Carlisle. The station is operated by Northern 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 the 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 most trains going onward to Barrow-in-Furness. A few of the latter run through to Lancaster and Preston via the Furness Line.[3]

On Sundays there are four trains each way, to Carlisle and Whitehaven.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The Bolton Loop
  2. ↑ Aspatria Signal Box
  3. ↑ GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 100

References

External links

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