Maryport railway station

Maryport railway station serves the town of Maryport in Cumbria, England. The railway station is a stop on the Cumbrian Coast Line 27 miles (44 km) south-west of Carlisle. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern who provide all passenger train services. It is unstaffed and passengers must buy their ticket on the train or at an automatic ticket machine outside the platform.[1] Step-free access to the platform is available; train running information is provided by digital information screens and timetable posters.

Maryport
Maryport railway station in 1951
Location
Place	Maryport
Local authority	Allerdale
Grid reference	NY037361
Operations
Station code	MRY
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	99,726
2015/16	90,392
2016/17	89,562
2017/18	85,478
2018/19	91,890
History
1840	first station opened
1860	second station
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Maryport from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Maryport and Carlisle Railway
West Coast Main Line to Glasgow and Edinburgh Carlisle Citadel West Coast Main Line to London Cummersdale Dalston Curthwaite Crofton private station Wigton Brookfield Aikbank Junction Leegate Solway Junction Rly Brayton High Blaithwaite Mealsgate Allhallows Colliery Baggrow Aspatria Arkleby (closed 1852) Bullgill Dearham Bridge Maryport Cumbrian Coast line Dearham Linefoot Linefoot Junction Cleator and Workington Junction Railway Dovenby Lodge Papcastle Cockermouth and Workington Railway Brigham Cockermouth and Workington Railway

A new "eco-friendly" waiting shelter was erected at the station in the autumn 2011 (at a cost of £120,000) to replace the more basic facilities previously offered.[2][3]

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.[4]

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 and 1845, and the Whitehaven Junction Railway which ran southwards to Workington and 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.[5]

The station is the second to be built in the town, it dates from 1860 and replaced the original 1840 one built by the M&CR for its opening.[6] The old M&CR headquarters formed part of the substantial station building formerly located here (see photo), but this was demolished in the 1970s.

Service

Northern Trains Route 6: Cumbrian Coast & Windermere Lines
Carlisle Dalston Wigton Aspatria Maryport Flimby Workington Harrington Parton Whitehaven Corkickle St. Bees Nethertown Braystones Sellafield Seascale Drigg Ravenglass for Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Bootle Silecroft Millom Green Road Foxfield Kirkby-in-Furness Askam Barrow-in-Furness Roose Dalton Ulverston Cark and Cartmel Windermere Kents Bank Staveley Grange-over-Sands Burneside Arnside Kendal Silverdale Oxenholme Lake District Carnforth Lancaster Preston Wigan North Western Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Airport
Bootle, Braystones, Drigg, Flimby, Green Road, Kirkby-in-Furness, Nethertown, Parton and Silecroft are request stops.

There is generally an hourly service northbound to Carlisle and southbound to Whitehaven with most trains going onward to Barrow-in-Furness (no late evening service operates south of Whitehaven).[7] A few through trains operate to/from Lancaster via the Furness Line (four each way in the winter 2019 timetable).

Train operator Northern introduced a regular through service to Barrow via the coast at the May 2018 timetable change - the first such service south of Whitehaven for more than 40 years. Services run approximately hourly from mid-morning until early evening, with later trains terminating at Whitehaven. This represents a major upgrade on the former infrequent service of four per day each way to/from Whitehaven only that previously operated.

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.

Connections

By rail

Trains on the Cumbrian Coast Line run between Carlisle and Whitehaven, but some services go beyond Whitehaven to Barrow-in-Furness, and occasionally Lancaster.

By bus

Several bus routes stop in Maryport and can provide connections for travellers using the railway station. The bus stops on the A596 are only a short walk from the station.[8] The number 60 begins in Maryport and heads north-west up the B5300 to Silloth, calling at Allonby, Mawbray, Beckfoot, and Blitterlees,[9] and provides residents of these smaller settlements with a connection to the station. There are also buses heading north toward Carlisle via Crosby and Aspatria, south toward Workington via Dunmail Park shopping centre, and east toward Cockermouth.[10]

Notes

1. Maryport Station Information Northern website; Retrieved 5 December 2016
2. 'Eco' train station officially opened at Maryport News & Star article 21 October 2011; Retrieved 5 December 2016
3. Maryport station entrance in 2010 Clough R, Clough T Geograph.org; Retrieved 5 December 2016
4. Network Rail Lancashire & Cumbria RUS Summary - Network Rail Media Centre Accessed 2008-09-01
5. Maryport & Carlisle Railway History
6. Maryport & Carlisle RailwayCumbrian Railways Association; Retrieved 5 December 2016
7. GB eNRT December 2019 Edition, Table 100
8. "Google Maps - the location of the main A596 through Maryport relative to the station". Retrieved 28 December 2014.
9. "Reays City Hopper - 60". Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
10. "Reays City Hopper - 58". Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

External links

• Train times and station information for Maryport railway station from National Rail
• The station, via Holme St Cuthbert History Group

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Aspatria		Northern Cumbrian Coast Line		Flimby
	Historical railways
Dearham Bridge Line open, station closed		Maryport and Carlisle Railway		Terminus