Braystones railway station

54°26′22″N 3°32′31″W / 54.4394814°N 3.5419885°W / 54.4394814; -3.5419885Grid referenceNY000060Owned byNetwork RailManaged byNorthern TrainsPlatforms1Tracks1Other informationStation codeBYSClassificationDfT category F2HistoryOriginal companyWhitehaven and Furness Junction RailwayPre-groupingFurness RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Rail (London Midland Region)Key dates19 July 1849OpenedPassengers2018/19 1,0362019/20 1,3742020/21 3542021/22 1,4762022/23 1,282

Location
Braystones Location in Copeland, Cumbria Show map of the former Borough of Copeland Braystones Location in Cumbria, England Show map of Cumbria

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Braystones is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. The station, situated 37 miles (60 km) north-west of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the villages of Beckermet and Braystones in Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

The station is an unstaffed request stop. It is situated directly on the coast in a remote location. Pearson's 1992 railway guide is moved to comment, "The tiny halts at Braystones and Nethertown are as remote as anything British Rail has to offer...".^[1]

History

The Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway was authorised in 1847 for a line which would link the town of Whitehaven with the Furness Railway at Broughton-in-Furness.^[2] It was opened in stages, and the first section, that between Whitehaven and Ravenglass opened either on 1 June 1849^[3] or on 21 July 1849.^[4] The station was host to four LMS caravans from 1937 to 1939.^[5]

The station buildings are still extant however are in private ownership. As of June 2021 the old station building is called Platform 9 3/4. A bus-stop style shelter is provided on the single platform.

Service

Northern Trains Route 6
v t e
Cumbrian Coast, Furness & Windermere lines
Carlisle Dalston Wigton Aspatria Maryport Flimby Workington Harrington Parton Whitehaven Corkickle St Bees Nethertown Braystones Sellafield Seascale Drigg Ravenglass for Eskdale Bootle Silecroft Millom Green Road Foxfield Kirkby-in-Furness Askam Barrow-in-Furness Roose Dalton Ulverston Cark & Cartmel Kents Bank Grange-over-Sands Arnside Silverdale Carnforth Windermere Staveley Burneside Kendal Oxenholme Lake District Lancaster Preston Chorley Bolton Deansgate Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Airport
Braystones & Nethertown are request stops.

As of the 15 December 2019 timetable, five trains call in each direction (on request) from Monday to Friday, with one extra train in each direction on Saturdays. There is no late evening service, but a limited Sunday service of four trains in each direction (on request) was introduced at the May 2018 timetable change;^[6] the first to run over this section since 1976.

References

External links

• Media related to Braystones railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Train times and station information for Braystones railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Nethertown		Northern Trains Cumbrian Coast line		Sellafield
	Historical railways
Nethertown		Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway		Sellafield