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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Blackdyke 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), being upgraded some years later. The station closed on 7 September 1964. with the line to Silloth as part of the Beeching cuts.

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. 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.

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