Aspatria railway station
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Aspatria, Allerdale England | ||||
| Coordinates | 54°45′33″N 3°19′53″W / 54.7592673°N 3.3312585°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NY143412 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | ASP | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Maryport and Carlisle Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Maryport and Carlisle Railway | ||||
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| 12 April 1841 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2015/16 |  26,842 | ||||
| 2016/17 | 25,904 | ||||
| 2017/18 | 22,420 | ||||
| 2018/19 | 21,026 | ||||
| 2019/20 |  29,096 | ||||
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Aspatria is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. The station, situated 20 miles (32 km) south west of Carlisle, serves the village of Aspatria in Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
History
Opened by the Maryport and Carlisle Railway in 1841 (although the line through to Carlisle was not 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]
Facilities
The station is unstaffed and has no ticket machine (though one is to be installed during 2019), so tickets must be purchased prior to travel or on the train (the main buildings are now in private residential use). Shelters are located on both platforms. Timetable posters, digital information screens and a telephone are provided to give train running information, whilst there is also public wifi access on offer. The platforms are linked by footbridge and there is step-free access to each one.[3]
Service
There is generally an hourly service northbound to Carlisle and southbound to Whitehaven with most trains going onward to Barrow-in-Furness (no late evening service operates south of Whitehaven).[4] In the current (winter 2019-20) timetable, all scheduled stops are now mandatory rather than on request.
Train operator Northern introduced a regular through Sunday service to Barrow via the coast at the May 2018 timetable change - the first such service south of Whitehaven for more than 40 years. Services run approximately hourly from late morning until early evening, with later trains terminating at Whitehaven. This represents a major upgrade on the former infrequent service of four per day each way to/from Whitehaven only that previously operated.
See also
References
- ^ The Bolton Loop
- ^ "Aspatria Signal Box". Archived from the original on 2 June 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ^ Aspatria station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 20 December 2016
- ^ GB eNRT December 2019 Edition, Table 100
Sources
- Marshall, J (1981) Forgotten Railways North-West England, David & Charles (Publishers) Ltd, Newton Abbott. ISBN 0-7153-8003-6
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Station on navigable Ordnance Survey map
Further reading
- Thomas, Anne; Thomas, Bill (1996). Neil, Parkhouse (ed.). "J Harris - Sole owner". Archive (9, 10 & 11). Witney: Lightmoor Press Association. ISSN 1352-7991.
External links
Media related to Aspatria railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Train times and station information for Aspatria railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Wigton | Northern Trains Cumbrian Coast Line |
Maryport | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Brayton | Maryport and Carlisle Railway | Arkleby | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Baggrow | Maryport and Carlisle Railway | Arkleby | ||