Parton railway station

Parton
Parton
General information
Location	Parton, Copeland ; England
Coordinates	54°34′14″N3°34′50″W / 54.5705144°N 3.5806556°W
Grid reference	NX979206
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	PRN
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Whitehaven Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway ; British Rail (London Midland Region)
Key dates
19 March 1847	Opened
Passengers
2018/19	6,508
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Last updated December 15, 2023

Parton

Location in Copeland, Cumbria

Parton

Location in Cumbria, England

Parton railway station is a railway station serving the village of Parton in Cumbria, England. It is on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

Immediately north and south of Parton, the line runs almost on the seashore, at the foot of cliffs which require supervision and occasional stabilisation to prevent landslides. Sea erosion is also a danger,^[1] and 15 m.p.h speed restrictions are in force over much of the section between here and Harrington, which is restricted to a single line.

There was a signal box immediately to the north of the station that formerly controlled this section, but this was closed and demolished due to its deteriorating condition in May 2010 (control passing to the adjacent box at Whitehaven Bransty).^[2]

Facilities

There are no permanent buildings here other than brick shelters on each platform.^[3] The station is not staffed and anyone wishing to travel must buy their ticket on the train or in advance, as no ticket machine is available. Train running information is provided by telephone, digital CIS screens and timetable posters. No step-free access is available to either platform.^[4]

Services

Northern Trains
Route 6

Cumbrian Coast, Furness
and Windermere Lines

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).^[5] A few through trains operate to/from Lancaster via the Furness Line.

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.

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References

↑ "The railway lines alarmingly close to the sea" Higham, Nick BBC News article 4 February 2015; Retrieved 5 December 2016
↑ Network Rail Document Resource Library - Parton Signal Box Abolition Notices 2009 Network Rail website; Retrieved 2010-12-30
↑ Parton railway station, Cumbria Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org; Retrieved 5 December 2016
↑ Parton Station Information Northern website; Retrieved 5 December 2016
↑ GB eNRT December 2019 Edition, Table 100

External links

Media related to Parton railway station at Wikimedia Commons
Train times and station information for Parton railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Harrington		Northern Trains Cumbrian Coast Line	Whitehaven
	Historical railways
Harrington		London and North Western Railway Whitehaven Junction Railway	Whitehaven

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[1] "The railway lines alarmingly close to the sea" Higham, Nick BBC News article 4 February 2015; Retrieved 5 December 2016

[2] Network Rail Document Resource Library - Parton Signal Box Abolition Notices 2009 Network Rail website; Retrieved 2010-12-30

[3] Parton railway station, Cumbria Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org; Retrieved 5 December 2016

[4] Parton Station Information Northern website; Retrieved 5 December 2016

[5] GB eNRT December 2019 Edition, Table 100

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v t e Railway stations served by Northern Trains
Stations listed in italics are request stops.
A	Accrington Acklington Adlington (Cheshire) Adlington (Lancashire) Adwick Alderley Edge Alfreton Allens West Alnmouth Althorpe Altrincham Ansdell and Fairhaven Apperley Bridge Appleby Appley Bridge Ardwick Armathwaite Arnside Arram Ashburys Ashley Ashton-under-Lyne Askam-in-Furness Aspatria Atherton
B	Baildon Bamber Bridge Bamford Bardon Mill Bare Lane Barnetby Barnsley Barrow-in-Furness Batley Battersby Belle Vue Bempton Ben Rhydding Bentham Bentley (South Yorkshire) Berry Brow Bescar Lane Beverley Billingham Bingley Birchwood Bishop Auckland Blackburn Blackpool North Blackpool Pleasure Beach Blackpool South Blackrod Blaydon Bolton Bolton-on-Dearne Bootle Bradford Forster Square Bradford Interchange Bramhall Bramley (West Yorkshire) Brampton (Cumbria) Braystones Bredbury Bridlington Brierfield Brigg Brighouse Brinnington Broad Green Broadbottom Brockholes Bromley Cross Broomfleet Brough Bryn Buckshaw Parkway Burley-in-Wharfedale Burley Park Burnage Burnley Barracks Burnley Central Burnley Manchester Road Burneside Burscough Bridge Burscough Junction Buxton
C	Cark and Cartmel Carlisle Carnforth Castleford Castleton Castleton Moor Cattal Chapel-en-le-Frith Chapeltown Chassen Road Chathill Cheadle Hulme Chelford Cherry Tree Chester Chesterfield Chester-le-Street Chinley Chorley Church and Oswaldtwistle Church Fenton Clapham (North Yorkshire) Cleethorpes Clifton Clitheroe Colne Commondale Congleton Conisbrough Cononley Corbridge Corkickle Cottingham Cottingley Cramlington Crewe Crossflatts Cross Gates Croston Crowle Cuddington
D	Daisy Hill Dalston (Cumbria) Dalton Danby Darlington Darnall Darton Darwen Davenport Deansgate Deighton Delamere Denby Dale Dent Denton Dewsbury Dinsdale Dinting Disley Dodworth Doncaster Dore and Totley Dove Holes Driffield Drigg Dronfield Dunston Durham
E	Eaglescliffe Earlestown East Didsbury East Garforth Eastrington Eccles Eccleston Park Edale Edge Hill Egton Ellesmere Port Elsecar Entwistle Euxton Balshaw Lane
F	Fairfield Farnworth Featherstone Ferriby Filey Fitzwilliam Flimby Flixton Flowery Field Foxfield Frizinghall Frodsham Furness Vale
G	Gainsborough Central Gainsborough Lea Road Garforth Gargrave Garsdale Garswood Gathurst Gatley Giggleswick Gilberdyke Glaisdale Glasshoughton Glazebrook Glossop Godley Goldthorpe Goole Goostrey Gorton Grange-over-Sands Great Ayton Green Road Greenbank Grimsby Town Grindleford Grosmont Guide Bridge Guiseley Gypsy Lane
H	Hadfield Hag Fold Hale Halewood Halifax Hall i' th' Wood Haltwhistle Hammerton Handforth Hapton Harrington Harrogate Hartlepool Hatfield and Stainforth Hathersage Hattersley Haydon Bridge Hazel Grove Headbolt Lane Headingley Heald Green Heaton Chapel Hebden Bridge Heighington Hellifield Helsby Hensall Hessle Heworth Hexham Heysham Port Hindley Holmes Chapel Honley Hope Horden Hornbeam Park Horsforth Horton-in-Ribblesdale Horwich Parkway Hoscar Hough Green Howden Huddersfield Hull Humphrey Park Huncoat Hunmanby Hunts Cross Hutton Cranswick Huyton Hyde Central Hyde North
I	Ilkley Ilkeston Ince Ince and Elton Irlam
J	James Cook
K	Kearsley Keighley Kendal Kents Bank Kidsgrove Kildale Kirk Sandall Kirkby-in-Furness Kirkby Stephen Kirkham and Wesham Kirkstall Forge Kirton Lindsey Kiveton Bridge Kiveton Park Knaresborough Knottingley Knutsford
L	Lancaster Langho Langley Mill Langwathby Layton Lazonby and Kirkoswald Lea Green Lealholm Leeds Levenshulme Leyland Lincoln Littleborough Liverpool Lime Street Liverpool South Parkway Lockwood Long Preston Longbeck Longport Lostock Lostock Gralam Lostock Hall Low Moor Lytham
M	Macclesfield Manchester Airport Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Victoria Manors Marple Marsden ¹ Marske Marton Maryport Mauldeth Road Meadowhall Menston Meols Cop MetroCentre Mexborough Micklefield Middlesbrough Middlewood Mill Hill (Lancashire) Millom Mills Hill Mirfield Mobberley Moorside Moorthorpe Morecambe Morley Morpeth Moses Gate Moss Side Mossley Mossley Hill Moston Mouldsworth Mytholmroyd
N	Nafferton Navigation Road Nelson Nethertown New Lane New Mills Central New Mills Newtown New Pudsey Newcastle Newton Aycliffe Newton for Hyde Newton-le-Willows Normanton North Road Northwich Nottingham Nunthorpe
O	Ormskirk Orrell Outwood Oxenholme Lake District
P	Padgate Pannal Parbold Parton Patricroft Pegswood Pemberton Penistone Pleasington Plumley Pontefract Baghill Pontefract Monkhill Pontefract Tanshelf Poppleton Poulton-le-Fylde Poynton Prescot Prestbury Preston Prudhoe
R	Rainford Rainhill Ramsgreave and Wilpshire Ravenglass Ravensthorpe Rawcliffe Redcar Central Redcar East Reddish North Reddish South Retford Ribblehead Riding Mill Rishton Roby Rochdale Romiley Roose Rose Grove Rose Hill Marple Rotherham Central Rufford Runcorn East Ruswarp Ryder Brow
S	St Annes-on-the-Sea St Bees St Helens Central St Helens Junction Salford Central Salford Crescent Saltaire Saltburn Saltmarshe Salwick Sandal and Agbrigg Sandbach Sankey for Penketh Saxilby Scarborough Scunthorpe Seaham Seamer Seascale Seaton Carew Selby Sellafield Settle Sheffield Shepley Sherburn-in-Elmet Shildon Shipley Shireoaks Silecroft Silkstone Common Silverdale Skipton Sleights Smithy Bridge Snaith South Bank South Elmsall South Milford Southport Sowerby Bridge Squires Gate Stalybridge Stanlow and Thornton Starbeck Staveley Steeton and Silsden Stockport Stocksfield Stocksmoor Stockton Stoke-on-Trent Streethouse Strines Styal Sunderland Swinton (Greater Manchester) Swinton (South Yorkshire)
T	Teesside Airport Thatto Heath Thornaby Thorne North Thorne South Thurnscoe Todmorden Trafford Park
U	Ulleskelf Ulverston Upholland Urmston
W	Wakefield Kirkgate Wakefield Westgate Walkden Walsden Warrington Bank Quay Warrington Central Warrington West Wavertree Technology Park Weeton Wennington West Allerton Westhoughton Wetheral Whaley Bridge Whalley Whiston Whitby Whitehaven Whitley Bridge Widdrington Widnes Wigan North Western Wigan Wallgate Wigton Wilmslow Windermere Wombwell Woodhouse Woodlesford Woodley Woodsmoor Workington Worksop Wressle Wylam
Y	York
Rail transport in the United Kingdom

Parton

General information
Location	Parton, Copeland England
Coordinates	54°34′14″N3°34′50″W / 54.5705144°N 3.5806556°W / 54.5705144; -3.5806556
Grid reference	NX979206
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	PRN
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Whitehaven Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (London Midland Region)
Key dates
19 March 1847	Opened
Passengers

2018/19	6,508
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road