General information | |||||
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Location | Corkickle, Borough of Copeland England | ||||
Coordinates | 54°32′29″N 3°34′55″W / 54.5414869°N 3.5820824°W | ||||
Grid reference | NX977174 | ||||
Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | CKL | ||||
Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Furness Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (London Midland Region) | ||||
Key dates | |||||
19 July 1849 | Opened as Whitehaven Newtown | ||||
3 December 1855 | Resited and renamed Whitehaven Corkickle | ||||
1957 | Renamed Corkickle | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 68,974 | ||||
2020/21 | 18,114 | ||||
2021/22 | 44,724 | ||||
2022/23 | 51,068 | ||||
2023/24 | 54,254 | ||||
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Corkickle railway station is a railway station serving the suburb of Corkickle near Whitehaven in Cumbria, England. It is on the Cumbrian Coast line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. The station opened on 3 December 1855,[1] and is at the southern end of the 1,219 m (3,999 ft) tunnel from Whitehaven. Between 1855 and 1957, the station was known as Whitehaven Corkickle.[1][2]