General information | |||||
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Location | Whitehaven, Borough of Copeland England | ||||
Coordinates | 54°33′12″N 3°35′14″W / 54.5532204°N 3.5871793°W | ||||
Grid reference | NX974188 | ||||
Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Tracks | 2 (1 bay platform) | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | WTH | ||||
Classification | DfT category E | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Whitehaven Junction Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Furness Railway London and North Western Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (London Midland Region) | ||||
Key dates | |||||
19 March 1847 | Opened as Whitehaven | ||||
20 December 1874 | Resited and renamed Whitehaven Bransty | ||||
6 May 1968 | Renamed Whitehaven | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.221 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.270 million | ||||
2020/21 | 67,378 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.221 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.241 million | ||||
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Whitehaven railway station is a railway station serving the coastal town of 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.