Dalston railway station (Cumbria)

Dalston Dalston (Cumbria)
Location	Dalston, City of Carlisle England
Coordinates	54°50′46″N 2°59′19″W / 54.8461650°N 2.9885758°W / 54.8461650; -2.9885758Coordinates: 54°50′46″N 2°59′19″W / 54.8461650°N 2.9885758°W / 54.8461650; -2.9885758
Grid reference	NY366506
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	DLS
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Maryport and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	Maryport and Carlisle Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (London Midland Region)
Key dates
10 May 1843	Opened
Passengers
2016/17	22,180
2017/18	21,556
2018/19	20,122
2019/20	31,940
2020/21	14,108
Location
Dalston Location in City of Carlisle, Cumbria Dalston Location in Cumbria, England Show map of the City of Carlisle districtShow map of CumbriaShow all
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Dalston is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness via Whitehaven. The station, situated 3+3⁄4 miles (6 km) south-west of Carlisle, serves the village of Dalston in the City of Carlisle district of Cumbria, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

History[]

It was opened in 1844 by the Maryport and Carlisle Railway, with trains running through to Maryport from the beginning of the following year. It became an unstaffed halt in 1967, but has kept its period stone waiting shelter on the northbound platform, lattice footbridge^[1] and main buildings on the opposite side (the latter are in private commercial use). It is also one of the last active freight locations on this route - an oil terminal on the eastern side of the line just south of the station receives regular trainloads of fuel oil from Grangemouth Refinery in Scotland. Two crossovers operated from ground frames located at the station are used for shunting purposes when trains require access to the terminal sidings.

Facilities[]

Along with most other stations on the line, it is unstaffed, meaning that passengers need to purchase tickets on the train.^[2] Step-free access is available to both platforms and train running information is provided by telephone and timetable posters. Digital information screens and a ticket machine are also being installed by Northern in 2019 as part of a rolling station improvement plan in the area.

Services[]

Route 6
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Cumbrian Coast, Furness and Windermere Lines
Carlisle Dalston Wigton Aspatria Maryport Flimby Workington Harrington Parton Whitehaven Corkickle St Bees Nethertown Braystones Sellafield Seascale Drigg Ravenglass Bootle Silecroft Millom Green Road Foxfield Kirkby-in-Furness Askam Barrow-in-Furness Roose Dalton Ulverston Cark and Cartmel Kents Bank Grange-over-Sands Arnside Silverdale Carnforth Windermere Staveley Burneside Kendal Oxenholme Lake District Lancaster Preston Wigan North Western Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Piccadilly Mauldeth Road Burnage East Didsbury Gatley Heald Green Manchester Airport
Bootle, Braystones, Drigg, Flimby, Green Road, Kirkby-in-Furness, Nethertown, Parton and Silecroft are request stops.

Following the May 2021 timetable change, the station is served by an hourly service between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness, with some trains continuing to Lancaster. During the evening, the station is served by an hourly service between Carlisle and Whitehaven. All services are operated by Northern Trains.^[3]

Rolling stock used: Class 153 Super Sprinter, Class 156 Super Sprinter and Class 158 Express Sprinter

In May 2018, Northern introduced a Sunday service between Whitehaven and Barrow-in-Furness, the first Sunday service to operate south of Whitehaven for over 40 years.^[4][5]

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Dalston railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Train times and station information for Dalston railway station (Cumbria) from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Carlisle		Northern Trains Cumbrian Coast Line		Wigton
	Historical railways
Cummersdale		Maryport and Carlisle Railway		Curthwaite

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