Silecroft railway station

Silecroft
General information
Location	Silecroft, Copeland England
Coordinates	54°13′33″N 3°20′04″W / 54.2259441°N 3.3344736°W / 54.2259441; -3.3344736
Grid reference	SD130819
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	SIC
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Furness Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (London Midland Region)
Key dates
1 November 1850	Opened
Passengers
2018/19	7,858
2019/20	10,810
2020/21	4,270
2021/22	8,800
2022/23	8,038
Location Silecroft Location in Copeland, Cumbria Show map of the former Borough of Copeland Silecroft Location in Cumbria, England Show map of Cumbria
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Silecroft is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. The station, situated 19 miles (31 km) north-west of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the villages of Kirksanton and Silecroft in Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

The station is located to the west of the 1,970 ft (600 m) Black Combe Fell. It was opened, along with the line, on 1 November 1850 by the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway.

The railway station is a request stop, and one of the many level crossings on this section of the route is controlled from the signal box at its south end.^[1]

Some through trains to the Furness Line towards Lancaster stop here.