Black Dyke Halt railway station
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Black Dyke Halt | |
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| Place | Blackdyke |
| Area | Allerdale |
| Coordinates | 54°51′20″N 3°20′27″W / 54.8556°N 3.3408°WCoordinates: 54°51′20″N 3°20′27″W / 54.8556°N 3.3408°W |
| Grid reference | NY139520 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 22 August 1856 | Opened |
| 7 September 1964 | Closed |
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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. The station closed on 7 September 1964;.[1] The line to Silloth closed on 7 September 1964 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.[2] 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
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Black Dyke. |
- Notes
- ↑ Cumbria Railways Retrieved : 2012-08-21
- ↑ Cumbria Railway Retrieved : 2012-08-21
- Sources
- Ramshaw, David (1997). The Carlisle Navigation Railway. Carlisle : P3 Publications. ISBN 0-9522098-5-3.
- White, Stephen (1984). Solway Steam. The Story of the Silloth and Port Carlisle Railways. 1854-1964. Carlisle : Carel Press. ISBN 0-9509096-1-0.
External links
- Black Dyke Halt, via Brian's Railway Years
- Black Dyke Halt, via John Charters
- The line with period photographs, via Holme St Cuthbert History Group
- Cumbria Gazetteer
- The station on a navigable Edwardian OS map, via National Library of Scotland
- The station via Rail Map Online
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Abbey Town Line and station closed |
North British Railway Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway |
Causewayhead Line and station closed | ||