Wigton railway station

Wigton
Location
Place	Wigton
Local authority	Allerdale
Grid reference	NY252488
Operations
Station code	WGT
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	40,282
2005/06	43,651
2006/07	45,238
2007/08	51,668
2008/09	52,780
2009/10	55,412
2010/11	58,546
2011/12	59,304
2012/13	56,108
2013/14	52,834
2014/15	54,382
History
Key dates	Opened 1843
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wigton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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.

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).^[1] 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^[2] 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 This portion of the route did not prove profitable and the one daily return passenger train operated over it was withdrawn by the M&C in 1921.^[3]

Goods facilities at the station were withdrawn by British Rail in October 1970, though a private siding for the nearby plastics factory remains in place (this has however been disused for some years).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.^[4] On Sundays there are four trains each way to Carlisle and Whitehaven only.

References

1. Wigton station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 5 December 2016
2. Old Cumbria Gazeteer - Wigton StationPortsmouth University; Retrieved 2013-10-17
3. Cumbria Railways - The Bolton Loop www.cumbria-railways.co.uk; Retrieved 2013-10-17
4. Table 100 National Rail timetable, December 2016

External links

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

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Dalston		Northern Cumbrian Coast Line		Aspatria
Historical railways
Curthwaite Line open, station closed		Maryport and Carlisle Railway Cumbrian Coast Line		Brookfield Line open, station closed

Coordinates: 54°49′44″N 3°09′50″W / 54.829°N 3.164°W