Black Dyke Halt railway station

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Black Dyke Halt
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Black Dyke Halt
General information
Location Blackdyke, Allerdale
England
Coordinates 54°51′20″N3°20′27″W / 54.8556°N 3.3408°W / 54.8556; -3.3408
Grid reference NY139520
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCarlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
22 August 1856Opened
7 September 1964Closed

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] with the line to Silloth as part of the Beeching cuts.

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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 a single wood fronted platform with no 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.

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References

Notes
  1. Bradshaw entry, January 1862
  2. Cumbria Railways Retrieved : 2012-08-21
  3. Cumbria Railway Retrieved : 2012-08-21
Sources
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