Black Dyke Halt railway station

Black Dyke Halt
Black Dyke Halt
General information
Location	Blackdyke, Allerdale England
Coordinates	54°51′20″N 3°20′27″W / 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

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

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.