Whitehaven railway station
Whitehaven 
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The modern buildings at Whitehaven station
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| Location | |
| Place | Whitehaven |
| Local authority | Copeland |
| Coordinates | 54°33′11″N 3°35′13″W / 54.553°N 3.587°WCoordinates: 54°33′11″N 3°35′13″W / 54.553°N 3.587°W |
| Grid reference | NX974188 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WTH |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.254 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.251 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.252 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.271 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.257 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Whitehaven Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway/Furness Railway joint |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 19 March 1847 | WJR station opened as Whitehaven |
| 20 December 1874 | WJR station closed; joint station opened as Whitehaven Bransty |
| 6 May 1968 | Renamed Whitehaven |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Whitehaven from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Whitehaven railway station serves the town of Whitehaven in Cumbria, England. The railway station is a stop on the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line 39 miles (63 km) south west of Carlisle.
It is operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services.
The first station at Whitehaven was opened on 19 March 1847 by the Whitehaven Junction Railway (WJR) as the terminus of their line from Maryport. This station lay to the south of the present station, with the main entrance on Bransty Row (at grid reference NX974186).
On the southern side of the town, the first section of the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway (W&FJR) opened on 1 June 1849 from a terminus at Whitehaven (Preston Street) to Ravenglass, but there was no connection between this line and the WJR suitable for passenger trains. In between the two stations stood the town centre, and to the east of that Hospital Hill, so a tunnel 1,333 yards (1,219 m) long was built beneath the latter, being completed in July 1852. In 1854, the W&FJR passenger trains began using the WJR station at Whitehaven (Preston Street becoming a goods-only station). In 1865, the W&FJR was absorbed by the Furness Railway (FR), and in 1866, the WJR was absorbed by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR).
The LNWR station (formerly WJR) was replaced on 20 December 1874 by a new one named Whitehaven Bransty; it was jointly owned by the LNWR and the FR. This station had its name simplified to Whitehaven on 6 May 1968. The original buildings were demolished and replaced by a modern single-story ticket hall in the mid-1980s. The former goods yard site beyond and behind platform one is now occupied by a supermarket.
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