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Silecroft railway station

Coordinates: 54°13′33″N 3°20′04″W / 54.2259441°N 3.3344736°W / 54.2259441; -3.3344736
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Silecroft
National Rail
General information
LocationSilecroft, Copeland
England
Coordinates54°13′33″N 3°20′04″W / 54.2259441°N 3.3344736°W / 54.2259441; -3.3344736
Grid referenceSD130819
Owned byNetwork Rail
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeSIC
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyWhitehaven and Furness Junction Railway
Pre-groupingFurness Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Rail (London Midland Region)
Key dates
1 November 1850Opened
Passengers
2018/19Increase 7,858
2019/20Increase 10,810
2020/21Decrease 4,270
2021/22Increase 8,800
2022/23Decrease 8,038
Location
Silecroft is located in the former Borough of Copeland
Silecroft
Silecroft
Location in Copeland, Cumbria
Silecroft is located in Cumbria
Silecroft
Silecroft
Location in Cumbria, England
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Silecroft is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. The station, situated 19 miles (31 km) north-west of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the villages of Kirksanton and Silecroft in Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

The station is located to the west of the 1,970 ft (600 m) Black Combe Fell. It was opened, along with the line, on 1 November 1850 by the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway.

The railway station is a request stop, and one of the many level crossings on this section of the route is controlled from the signal box at its south end.[1]

Some through trains to the Furness Line towards Lancaster stop here.

Facilities

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The station is unstaffed, but like many others on this route had a ticket vending machine installed in 2019 to allow passengers to buy tickets before boarding. There are shelters, digital information screens and timetable posters on each platform, along with a telephone for obtaining train running details. Level access is available to both platforms, but these are lower than standard and need portable steps for entry or exit from the train (so the station is not suitable for wheelchair users).[2]

Services

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Northern Trains
Route 6
Cumbrian Coast, Furness
& Windermere lines
Carlisle
Dalston
Wigton
Aspatria
Maryport
Flimby
Workington
Harrington
Parton
Whitehaven
Corkickle
St Bees
Nethertown
Braystones
Sellafield
Seascale
Drigg
Ravenglass
Heritage railway
Bootle
Silecroft
Millom
Green Road
Foxfield
Kirkby-in-Furness
Askam
Barrow-in-Furness
Roose
Dalton
Ulverston
Cark & Cartmel
Kents Bank
Grange-over-Sands
Arnside
Silverdale
Carnforth
Windermere
Staveley
Burneside
Kendal
Oxenholme Lake District
Lancaster
Preston
Chorley
Bolton
Deansgate
Manchester Metrolink
Manchester Oxford Road
Manchester Piccadilly
Manchester Metrolink
Manchester Airport
Manchester Metrolink Airport interchange
Braystones & Nethertown
are request stops.

Monday to Saturdays there is generally an hourly request service southbound to Barrow and northbound towards Whitehaven and Carlisle, although there are one or two longer gaps at certain times of day.

A Sunday service was introduced at the May 2018 timetable change, along with additional evening trains on weekdays.[3] The Sunday service is the first to be provided here for more than 40 years.

References

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  1. ^ "Places to Visit - Silecroft" Cumbrian Coast Line website; Retrieved 14 November 2016
  2. ^ Silecroft station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 2 December 2016
  3. ^ Table 100 National Rail timetable, December 2019
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Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Bootle   Northern Trains
Cumbrian Coast line
  Millom
  Historical railways  
Bootle   Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway   Millom