Black Dyke Halt railway station

Black Dyke Halt
Black Dyke Halt
Location
Place	Blackdyke
Area	Allerdale
Coordinates	54.8556°N 3.3408°W / 54.8556; -3.3408
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
1856	Opened
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 the rural district. The station closed on 7 September 1964;. 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. 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

Notes

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
• Black Dyke Halt

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Abbey Town		Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company		Silloth

External links

• Cumbria Gazetteer