Black Dyke Halt railway station

Black Dyke Halt or Blackdyke was a railway station near Blackdyke, Cumbria on the Silloth branch, serving the small hamlet of Black Dyke and its rural district. In its early days trains called on Saturdays only (Market Day),[1] being upgraded some years later. The station closed on 7 September 1964;.[2] The line to Silloth closed on 7 September 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts.

Black Dyke Halt
Black Dyke Halt
LocationBlackdyke, Allerdale
England
Coordinates54.8556°N 3.3408°W / 54.8556; -3.3408
Grid referenceNY139520
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCarlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
22 August 1856Opened
7 September 1964Closed

History

The North British Railway leased the line from 1862, it was absorbed by them in 1880, and then taken over by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.[3] The halt then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The platform has been demolished.

Infrastructure

The halt sat close to the hamlet and had just a single wood fronted platform, without a platform shelter. Light was provided by two lamps. Level crossing gates were located at the platform end and a passenger shelter or crossing keepers shelter was located here. The stop lay about two miles away from Silloth and three from Abbey Town railway station by train. It became a request stop in the 1950s.

References
Notes
  1. Bradshaw entry, January 1862
  2. Cumbria Railways Retrieved : 2012-08-21
  3. Cumbria Railway Retrieved : 2012-08-21
Sources
  • Ramshaw, David (1997). The Carlisle Navigation Railway. Carlisle : P3 Publications. ISBN 978-0-9522098-5-0.
  • White, Stephen (1984). Solway Steam. The Story of the Silloth and Port Carlisle Railways. 1854-1964. Carlisle : Carel Press. ISBN 978-0-9509096-1-5.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Abbey Town
Line and station closed		   North British Railway
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway		   Causewayhead
Line and station closed
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