General information | |||||
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Location | Wetheral, City of Carlisle England | ||||
Coordinates | 54°53′01″N 2°49′55″W / 54.8837307°N 2.8319642°W | ||||
Grid reference | NY467546 | ||||
Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | WRL | ||||
Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Newcastle and Carlisle Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | |||||
Key dates | |||||
19 July 1836 | Opened | ||||
2 January 1967 | Closed | ||||
5 October 1981 | Reopened | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 26,820 | ||||
2019/20 | 39,014 | ||||
2020/21 | 8,878 | ||||
2021/22 | 31,348 | ||||
2022/23 | 30,666 | ||||
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Wetheral is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 4 miles 7 chains (4.09 mi; 6.58 km) east of Carlisle, serves the villages of Great Corby and Wetheral, City of Carlisle in Cumbria, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.