Wetheral railway station

Wetheral National Rail

Wetheral Station
Location
Place Wetheral
Local authority Carlisle
Grid reference NY467546
Operations
Station code WRL
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  9,993
2005/06 Increase 11,448
2006/07 Increase 11,862
2007/08 Increase 13,419
2008/09 Decrease 13,058
2009/10 Increase 13,786
2010/11 Increase 14,112
2011/12 Increase 17,434
2012/13 Increase 18,204
2013/14 Decrease 17,258
2014/15 Increase 19,008
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wetheral from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Wetheral railway station is on the Newcastle-Carlisle Tyne Valley Line in northern England, situated some seven minutes from Carlisle. The station serves Wetheral and Great Corby.

Passenger services are provided by Northern.

Access to the station is by a dead-end road from Wetheral village green, or by a footpath from the B6263 opposite Plains Road. A footbridge links the two platforms. Corby Bridge (popularly known as 'Wetheral Viaduct'), over which trains pass when leaving the station towards Newcastle, has a footpath that links the station with the nearby village of Great Corby.

The station has ten trains stopping in each direction on weekdays, with a reduced service on Sundays. Other faster passenger trains and goods trains pass through without stopping. Trains that stop at Wetheral also stop at all other stations west of Hexham on the Tyne Valley line. Passengers for stations between Hexham and Newcastle usually have to change at Hexham.

The station was originally staffed, and the old stationmaster's house still stands, as a private residence. The boarded up ticket windows are still visible. The station was closed during the Beeching Axe (in 1967) but reopened by British Rail in 1981 on an unstaffed basis.

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Preceding station National Rail Following station
Brampton   Northern
Tyne Valley Line
  Carlisle
Historical railways
Heads Nook   Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
North Eastern Railway
  Scotby

Coordinates: 54°53′02″N 2°49′55″W / 54.884°N 2.832°W / 54.884; -2.832


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