Maryport railway station

Maryport
Maryport railway station in 1951
Location
Place	Maryport
Local authority	Allerdale
Operations
Station code	MRY
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	59,058
2005/06 *	61,408
2006/07 *	60,119
2007/08 *	82,066
2008/09 *	60,458
History
Opened 1840 (1840)
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Maryport from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Maryport Railway Station serves the town of Maryport in Cumbria, England. The railway station is a stop on the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line 44 kilometres (27 mi) south west of Carlisle. It is operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services. It is unstaffed (there are no longer any station buildings, just simple waiting shelters) and passengers must buy their ticket on the train. The station is somewhat unusual in that it consists of a single bi-directional platform rather than the usual two side platforms used elsewhere on the double track sections of the Cumbrian Coast line. Southbound trains have to cross over to the northbound line to reach the platform before returning to the correct line south of the station. This can cause delays if two trains are scheduled to call in quick succession or if one or more trains are running late. Network Rail plans to address this issue as part of a future resignalling scheme^[1]

History

A 1904 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (left) railways in the vicinity of Maryport (M&C in pink; LNWR in red)

Two railway companies originally served the town - the Maryport and Carlisle Railway (M&C), which opened the line to Carlisle in stages between 1840 & 1845 and the Whitehaven Junction Railway which ran southwards to Workington & Whitehaven and opened in 1847. The latter company was taken over by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) in 1866, but the M&C remained independent right up until absorption into the LMS in January 1923.^[2]

Service

There is generally an hourly service northbound to Carlisle and southbound to Whitehaven with some trains going forward to Barrow-in-Furness (ten per day) and Lancaster via the Furness Line (four). On Sundays there are three trains each way to Carlisle and Whitehaven only.

In the aftermath of the 2009 Cumbria floods, an additional hourly shuttle service operated southbound stopping at stations to Workington. All services between Workington, Workington North, Flimby and Maryport were free of charge until this service was terminated on 28 May 2010.

Notes

1. ^ Network Rail Lancashire & Cumbria RUS Summary - Network Rail Media Centre Accessed 2008-09-01
2. ^ Maryport & Carlisle Railway History

External links

• Train times and station information for Maryport railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Aspatria		Northern Rail Cumbrian Coast Line		Flimby

Coordinates: 54°42′43″N 3°29′42″W / 54.712°N 3.495°W / 54.712; -3.495