RAILSCOT | Maryport

Maryport

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Maryport (1860-)

Station code: MRY National Rail
Where: North West England, England
Opened on the Maryport and Carlisle Railway.
Open on the Cumbrian Coast Railway.

Description

This is a single platform station which formerly had a very substantial station building. Goods only lines are on the east side which ran south before sweeping round to the north to serve the Maryport Docks.

The goods lines, much reduced, still exist on the east side allowing through freight to bypass the station.

The original Maryport [1st] station was to the south, this was the terminus of the line between 1840 and 1846 and was replaced with the current station in 1860.

The former station building was long with two storey company offices at one end, single storey station offices in the middle and a two storey house at the end. There was a tower and portico. A glazed canopy ran down the building on the platform side, later extended northwards and finally much reduced before demolition of the station building.

The station is described as always having a single platform but there was a bay at the north end, possibly only used for parcels.

Nearby stations Maryport [1st] Flimby Dearham Bridge Dearham Linefoot Great Broughton Camerton [CWR] Seaton [CWJ] Marron Junction Siddick Junction Bullgill Brigham Broughton Cross Papcastle Workington North	Maryport Shed Maryport Goods Ellenborough Colliery Senhouse Dock Junction Elizabeth Dock Maryport Iron Works South Quay Solway Iron Works Maryport Opencast Sidings Docks Branch Junction Mine Risehow Colliery Flimby Colliery Robin Hood Pit Furnace Seaton Moor Colliery No 2
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

/ /1750	Maryport New port established at Maryport.
05/07/1840	Maryport and Carlisle Railway Opened between Maryport south quay and Arkleby pits, 7 miles.
/ /1847	Whitehaven Junction Railway Opened from Maryport to Whitehaven Bransty.
/ /1860	Maryport and Carlisle Railway More harbour tracks and a new station at Maryport opened.
30/11/2009	Whitehaven Junction Railway Workington North opens, a temporary station opened to connect the north and south of Workington after the loss of the Derwent Road Bridge (A597) due to floodwater. (The nearby harbour railway bridge was severely damaged.) Shuttle trains were operated by Direct Rail Services (DRS) between Workington and Maryport - starting before the new station on the 27th. Travel was free.
28/05/2010	Whitehaven Junction Railway Shuttle trains between Workington and Maryport withdrawn.

News items

08/07/2023	Teens made to clean graffiti they caused to Maryport Railway Station [News and Star]
20/01/2021	Passenger warning as heavy rains block rail services between Maryport and Carlisle [News and Star]