Seaton railway station (Cumbria)

Seaton
Seaton station, 1951.
General information
Location	Seaton, near Workington, Allerdale England
Coordinates	54°39′44″N 3°31′24″W / 54.6621°N 3.5234°W / 54.6621; -3.5234
Grid reference	NY018307
Platforms	2[1][2][3][4]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Cleator and Workington Junction Railway
Key dates
4 January 1888	Opened
July 1897	Closed
February 1907	Reopened
February 1922	Closed to passengers[5]
6 April 1962	Closed completely[6]
4 June 1992	Line through the station closed[6]
Location Seaton Location in present-day Allerdale, Cumbria Show map of the former Allerdale Borough Seaton Location in present-day Cumbria, England Show map of Cumbria

v t e Cleator & Workington Junction Rly
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Key open line C&WJR lines (all closed) other closed lines Maryport & Carlisle Rly to Carlisle Solway Junction Railway to Annan via Solway Viaduct Linefoot Linefoot Junction Maryport & Carlisle Rly to Papcastle Summit Great Broughton RNAD Broughton Moor Buckhill Colliery Halt Maryport & Carlisle Rly to Carlisle Camerton Colliery Halt Siddick Junction Seaton Siddick Junction Calva Junction Workington North Cockermouth and Workington Railway Cockermouth and Workington Railway Marron Junction Workington Main Workington Central Bridgefoot Derwent Ironworks Whitehaven, Cleator & Egremont Railway   Moss Bay (north) Ironworks (south)   Harrington Junction to Whitehaven Harrington (Church Road Halt) Rosehill (Archer Street Halt) High Harrington Lowca Light Railway to Lowca to Parton Distington Gilgarran Branch Oatlands Whitehaven, Cleator & Egremont Railway Millgrove ironworks Moresby Parks Summit Rowrah and Kelton Fell Railway Moresby Junction Halt quarry Summit Rowrah Arlecdon Keekle Colliers' Platform Keekle Viaduct mine Cleator Moor West Cleator Moor East Cleator Moor Junction Moor Row Junction to Sellafield Moor Row to Whitehaven via Corkickle

v t e Cumbrian Coast line
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West Coast Main Line to Glasgow and Edinburgh Carlisle Tyne Valley line Settle–Carlisle line Cummersdale West Coast Main Line to London Euston Dalston Curthwaite Crofton Wigton Brookfield Leegate High Blaithwaite Carlisle & Silloth Bay Rly Mealsgate Solway Junction Railway Carlisle & Silloth Bay Rly Allhallows Colliery Brayton Baggrow Aspatria Arkleby Bullgill Maryport and Carlisle Railway branch to Brigham Dearham Bridge Maryport Flimby St Helens Colliery Halt Siddick Junction Calva Junction Workington North Cleator & Workington Jn Rly to Great Broughton Cockermouth and Workington Railway River Derwent Steel Works Cleator & Workington Jn Rly to Distington Workington Harrington Whitehaven, Cleator & Egremont Railway Parton Whitehaven Whitehaven Harbour Preston Street Corkickle Corkickle Brake Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway St Bees St Bees Golf Halt Nethertown Braystones Cleator & Furness Rly River Ehen Sellafield Sellafield sidings River Calder Seascale Drigg Low Level Waste Repository Drigg River Irt River Mite Ravenglass for Eskdale Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway River Esk Eskmeals Monks Moors Halt Bootle Whitbeck Crossing Halt Silecroft Kirksanton Halt Hodbarrow Millom Underhill Halt Green Road River Duddon Coniston Railway Foxfield Kirkby-in-Furness Dunnerholme Gate Askam-in-Furness Goldmire mines Sandscale mines Barrow-in-Furness Barrow loop line Port of Barrow Roosecote Power Station Salthouse Halt Roose Rampside Furness Abbey Piel Dalton Furness line

Seaton railway station served the village of Seaton, near Workington in Cumberland (now in Cumbria), England.^[7][8][9]

The station was opened by the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway (C&WJR) in 1888 on its new "Northern Extension" from Calva Junction on the northern edge of Workington to the Maryport and Carlisle Railway's Derwent Branch at Linefoot. The C&WJR built this 7-mile-30-chain long (11.9 km) line to connect the C&WJR with Carlisle and beyond. The line was double track from Workington to Seaton, then single to Linefoot Junction.

Most stations on C&WJR lines had heavy industrial neighbours, such as ironworks next to Cleator Moor West, or served primarily industrial workforces, such as Keekle Colliers' Platform. Seaton, however, was a fairly isolated country village.