Aspatria railway station
Aspatria 
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| Location | |
| Place | Aspatria |
| Local authority | Allerdale |
| Coordinates | 54°45′32″N 3°19′55″W / 54.759°N 3.332°WCoordinates: 54°45′32″N 3°19′55″W / 54.759°N 3.332°W |
| Grid reference | NY143412 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ASP |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 30,078 |
| 2012/13 |
29,472 |
| 2013/14 |
26,170 |
| 2014/15 |
 27,682 |
| 2015/16 |
26,842 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 12 April 1841 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Aspatria from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Aspatria railway station serves the town of Aspatria in Cumbria, England. The railway station is a request stop on part of the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line 20 miles (32 km) south west of Carlisle. The station is operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services.
Opened by the Maryport and Carlisle Railway in 1841 (although the line through to Carlisle wasn't completed until 1845), the station was once the junction for the branch line to Mealsgate. Passenger trains on this route began in 1866 but ceased in September 1930 and complete closure followed in 1952.
The station became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, and then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.
The station signal box was the last surviving example built by the Maryport & Carlisle company prior to its closure and demolition in 1998.
The station is unstaffed and has no ticket machine, so tickets must be purchased prior to travel or on the train (the main buildings are now in private residential use). Shelters are located on both platforms. Timetable posters and a telephone are provided to give train running information, whilst there is also public wifi access on offer. The platforms are linked by footbridge and there is step-free access to each one.
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