Black Dyke 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),^[1] being upgraded some years later. The station closed on 7 September 1964.^[2] with the line to Silloth as part of the Beeching cuts.

Black Dyke Halt
Black Dyke Halt
General information
Location	Blackdyke, Cumberland England
Coordinates	54.8556°N 3.3408°W / 54.8556; -3.3408
Grid reference	NY139520
Platforms	1
Other information
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
22 August 1856	Opened
7 September 1964	Closed
Location

v t e Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway
Overview Locale Cumbria Dates of operation 1854–1964 Predecessor Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway Successor NBR Technical Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Legend
Silloth Battery Extension Silloth Convalescent Home Silloth Docks and Pier Silloth Causewayhead Blackdyke Halt Abbey Town Solway Junction Railway southbound Sleightholme Abbey Junction Solway Junction Railway northbound Kirkbride New Dykes Brow Port Carlisle Glasson Drumburgh Burgh-by-Sands Kirkandrews Waverley Line northbound Port Carlisle Junction Carlisle Canal Carlisle West Coast Main Line southbound│northbound

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.^[3] 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.