Aspatria  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Aspatria,Cumberland England | ||||
| Coordinates | 54°45′33″N3°19′53″W / 54.7592673°N 3.3312585°W /54.7592673; -3.3312585 | ||||
| Grid reference | NY143412 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | ASP | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Maryport and Carlisle Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Maryport and Carlisle Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (London Midland Region) | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 12 April 1841 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  29,096 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  9,968 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 25,962 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 27,878 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 28,040 | ||||
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Aspatria railway station is a railway station serving the town ofAspatria inCumbria, England. It is on theCumbrian Coast Line, which runs betweenCarlisle andBarrow-in-Furness. It is owned byNetwork Rail and managed byNorthern Trains.
The station was opened by theMaryport and Carlisle Railway on 12 April 1841, although the line heading north-east to Wigton was not completed until 1845.
The station was once the junction for the branch line toMealsgate. Passenger trains on this line began on 2 April 1866, but ceased on 22 September 1930. Complete closure of the line followed on 1 December 1952.[1]
The station became part of theLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway during theGrouping of 1923, and then passed on to theLondon Midland Region of British Railways onnationalisation in 1948. Whensectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served byRegional Railways until theprivatisation of British Railways.
The stationsignal box was the last surviving example built by the Maryport and Carlisle company, prior to its closure and demolition in 1998.[2]
The station is unstaffed and has no ticket machine (though one is to be installed during 2019), so tickets must be purchased prior to travel or on the train (the main buildings are now in private residential use). Shelters are located on both platforms. Timetable posters, digital information screens and a telephone are provided to give train running information, whilst there is also public wifi access on offer. The platforms are linked by footbridge and there is step-free access to each one.[3]
Following the May 2021 timetable change, the station is served by an hourly service betweenCarlisle andBarrow-in-Furness, with some trains continuing toLancaster. During the evening, the station is served by an hourly service between Carlisle and Whitehaven. All services are operated byNorthern Trains.[4]
Rolling stock used:Class 156Super Sprinter andClass 158Express Sprinter
In May 2018,Northern introduced a Sunday service betweenWhitehaven and Barrow-in-Furness, the first Sunday service to operate south of Whitehaven for over 40 years.[5][6]
On 5 February 2024 Northern was criticised for continuing to mispronounce the station name, six months after its announcements had been re-recorded. The name was still being announced "As-spat-ria" rather than "As-spay-tria". The company said it was aiming to complete the roll-out of its updates by the "summer".[7]
Media related toAspatria railway station at Wikimedia Commons| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Wigton | Northern Trains Cumbrian Coast Line | Maryport | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Brayton | Maryport and Carlisle Railway | Arkleby | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Baggrow | Maryport and Carlisle Railway | Arkleby | ||
