Silloth railway station
Silloth | |||||
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Silloth station, 1951 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Silloth, Cumberland England | ||||
| Coordinates | 54°52′03″N 3°23′21″W / 54.8676°N 3.3893°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NY109534 | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
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| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company | ||||
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 4 September 1856 | Opened | ||||
| 7 September 1964 | Closed | ||||
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Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway | ||||||||||||||
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Silloth was the terminus of the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway, a branch railway from Carlisle, England. The town, dock and station at Silloth were built on a greenfield site after the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Act (1855) was passed. The railway provision grew with the dock and its later additions.
The station was opened in 1856 and closed by the Beeching axe on 7 September 1964, when it had been estimated in 1962 that the line was losing £23,500 a year and rising, staff costs had been pared to the bone and an imminent track bill of £32,500 was to be faced.