Place Dalston Station code DLS DfT category F2 Opened 1849 | Grid reference NY366506 Managed by Northern 2011/12 28,764 Number of platforms 2 | |
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Address Dalston, Carlisle CA5 7LT, United Kingdom Similar Wetheral railway station, Armathwaite railway station, Gretna Green railway st, Solway Aviation Museum, Wigton railway station | ||
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.
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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. Step-free access is available to both platforms and train running information is provided by telephone and timetable posters.
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 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.
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). On Sundays there are now four trains each way to Carlisle and Whitehaven only.