Place Wigton Station code WGT DfT category F1 Opened 1843 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference NY252488 Managed by Northern 2011/12 59,304 | |
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Address Wigton CA7 9BA, United Kingdom Similar Aspatria railway station, Harrington railway station, Green Road railway st, Maryport railway station, Nethertown railway station | ||
Wigton railway station serves the town of Wigton in Cumbria, England. The railway station is a stop on the Cumbrian Coast Line, 11 miles (18 km) south west of Carlisle.
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It is operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services and is one of the mandatory stops on this part of the line (along with Maryport, Workington & Whitehaven). The two side platforms here are slightly offset and linked by a footbridge. Like most stations on the route, it is unstaffed (and has been so since 1969), so passengers must purchase their tickets from the conductor on board the train (as there are no ticket machines). There are waiting shelters on both platforms, but the surviving station buildings are no longer in railway use. Step-free access is available to each platform, whilst train running information is provided by display screens, telephone and timetable posters.
History
It was opened by the Maryport and Carlisle Railway in 1843 following the completion of the route from Carlisle and would act as a temporary terminus until the section onwards to Aspatria was finished two years later. It subsequently become the junction station for the eastern end of the Bolton Loop line to Mealsgate from 1878. This portion of the route did not prove profitable and the one daily return passenger train operated over it was withdrawn by the M&C in 1921.
Goods facilities at the station were withdrawn by British Rail in October 1970, though a private siding for the nearby plastics factory remains in place (this has however been disused for some years). The station signal box meanwhile is still operational and acts as a 'fringe' to Carlisle PSB.
Services
There is generally an hourly service northbound to Carlisle and southbound to Whitehaven with most daytime trains going onwards to Barrow-in-Furness. On Sundays there are four trains each way to Carlisle and Whitehaven only.