Aspatria railway station

Aspatria
Location
Place	Aspatria
Local authority	Allerdale
Coordinates	54.759°N 3.332°W / 54.759; -3.332
Operations
Station code	ASP
Managed by	Northern Rail.
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	18,259
2005/06 *	21,844
2006/07 *	21,032
2007/08 *	25,717
2008/09 *	27,540
2009/10 *	32,622
History
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 Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

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.

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.

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.

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

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Wigton		Northern Rail Cumbrian Coast Line		Maryport
Historical railways
Brayton Line open, station closed		Maryport and Carlisle Railway Cumbrian Coast Line		Bullgill Line open, station closed
Disused railways
Baggrow Line and station closed		Maryport and Carlisle Railway Bolton Loop		Bullgill Line open, station closed