| / /1855 | Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock
Act receives Royal assent. |
| / /1856 | Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock
Line authorised. |
| 22/08/1856 | Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock
Line opened. The service to Port Carlisle from Carlisle is stopped and a 'Dandy' introduced running from Port Carlisle to Drumburgh to connect with the Silloth trains. |
| 31/12/1860 | Railway Clearing House
By this date, Carlisle and Port Carlisle Railway and Dock, Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway, Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock, Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway, Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway, Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway, Great North of Scotland Railway, Great Western Railway, Hertford and Welwyn Junction Railway, Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway, Luton, Dunstable and Welwyn Junction Railway, North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway, Rhymney Railway, South Wales Railway, Stamford and Essendine Railway, Taff Vale Railway, Vale of Clywd Railway and Warrington and Stockport Railway join. |
| / /1864 | Solway Junction Railway
Act receives Royal assent for a line consisting to two parts: Kirtlebridge (Caledonian Railway) to Kirkbride Junction (Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock) and Abbeyholme Junction (Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock) to Brayton (Maryport and Carlisle Railway). The first part will cross the considerable Solway Viaduct between Scotland an England. The Act included an Annan Waterfoot Branch and a Port Carlisle Branch both of which were not built. |
| 16/01/1864 | North British Steam Packet Company
Silloth Bay Steam Navigation Company
The North British Railway takes over the Silloth Bay Steam Navigation Company and forms the North British Steam Packet Company. The company operates in connection with the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock to extend services to England (Liverpool), Ireland (Belfast and Dublin) and the Isle of Man (Douglas). |
| 01/07/1864 | Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock
The North British Railway starts running Silloth and Port Carlisle trains to Carlisle Citadel. |
| / /1867 | Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock
Running powers for the Caledonian Railway, who would work the Solway Junction Railway, obtained for the North British Railway owned line between Kirkbride Junction and Abbeyholme Junction. |
| 16/09/1869 | Solway Junction Railway
Abbey Junction [CR] (Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock) to Brayton opened for goods (Maryport and Carlisle Railway). |
| 31/08/1870 | Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock
Abbeyholme renamed Abbey Junction [NB] . |
| / /1877 | Solway Junction Railway
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock
Solway Junction Railway authorised to use Abbey to Kirkbride |
| / /1879 | Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock
Collapse of dock wall at Silloth. |
| / /1880 | Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock
North British Railway
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock company authorised to be absorbed by North British Railway. |
| / /1882 | Carlisle and Port Carlisle Railway and Dock
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock
Caledonian Railway granted running powers between Abbeyholme Junction and Canal Yard (where connection was made with the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway) over the North British Railway controlled lines. |
| / /1882 | Solway Junction Railway
The Solway Junction Railway gains running powers over the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock from Kirkbride Junction to Drumburgh and over the Carlisle and Port Carlisle Railway and Dock from Drumburgh to Canal Junction [Carlisle] to meet the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. |
| /08/1889 | Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock
Abbey renamed Abbey Town. |
| 01/09/1921 | Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock
Abbey Junction [NB] closed. |
| 07/09/1964 | Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock
Line closed to passengers. Abbey Town closed. |
