Dalston railway station

Dalston
Location
Place	Dalston
Local authority	Carlisle
Coordinates	54°50′46″N 2°59′20″W / 54.846°N 2.989°WCoordinates: 54°50′46″N 2°59′20″W / 54.846°N 2.989°W
Grid reference	NY366506
Operations
Station code	DLS
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	17,101
2005/06	18,278
2006/07	21,486
2007/08	26,943
2008/09	25,160
2009/10	20,512
2010/11	24,824
2011/12	28,764
2012/13	24,836
2013/14	24,014
2014/15	23,206
History
Key dates	Opened 1844
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dalston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Dalston railway station serves the town of Dalston in Cumbria, England. The railway station is a request stop on the northern part of the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line 3.7 miles (6 km) south west of Carlisle.

It is operated by Northern, who provide all passenger train services and like most of the stations on this line is unstaffed, so passengers need to purchase tickets on the train.

History

It was opened in 1844^[1] 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^[2] and main buildings on the opposite side (the latter are privately owned though). 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 ground frames located at the station are used for shunting purposes when trains require access to the terminal sidings.

Services

There is generally an hourly service northbound to Carlisle and southbound to Whitehaven with most trains going onwards to Barrow-in-Furness (no evening service operates south of Whitehaven).^[3] On Sundays there are now four trains each way to Carlisle and Whitehaven only.

Notes

1. Dalston Station on Geograph.org Thompson, Nigel; Retrieved 2013-10-17
2. Old Cumbria Gazeteer - Dalston Station Retrieved 2013-10-17
3. GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 100

External links

• Train times and station information for Dalston railway station from National Rail
• Railscot - Photographs of Dalston

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