Seascale is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between and . The station, situated north-west of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the village of

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. It is owned by

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and managed by

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History

The station was opened on 19 July 1849 as ''Seascale for Gosforth'' when the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway opened the line between and . Originally the station had one platform on the inland side of a passing loop in the otherwise single track railway, there was a single siding with a crane and a small building. The station was renamed in 1866 to ''Seascale for Gosforth and Wastwater'', although there are instances of the older, shorter, name being used in some publications. By 1899 the line had been doubled and the station had two main platforms and a bay, the station building was larger, there was a goods yard to the south east able to accommodate most types of goods including live stock and was equipped with a three-ton crane. At least one camping coach was positioned here by the

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from 1955 to 1971, from 1964 to 1969 there were two, including two ''Pullman'' type coaches in 1967 only. The station was renamed in 1955 to ''Seascale''.

Facilities

There are train shelters, passenger information displays and seating on each side but the station is not staffed (though it is one of the few mandatory stops on the route); a ticket machine has now been installed by Northern to allow passengers to buy before boarding the train. Access to the platforms is step-free on both sides, but the low platforms make the station unsuitable for mobility-impaired users without assistance (a

Harrington Hump The Harrington Hump is a modular, easy-to-install system by which the height of a railway platform can be increased at relatively low cost. The system takes its name from Harrington railway station in Cumbria, England, which is the locatio ...

has been installed here to improve accessibility"Places to Visit - Seascale"
''Cumbrian Coast Line'' website; Retrieved 14 November 2016). The views are of

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Head and across the Solway Firth towards southern

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(to the north),

village (to the east and south) and the

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(to the west).

Services

Since the May 2018 timetable change, a basic hourly service (with some shorter intervals) runs through the day until mid-evening. A Sunday service also now operates (seven northbound, nine southbound) - the first time such a service has run since May 1976.

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* * Railway stations in Cumbria DfT Category F2 stations Former Furness Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849 Railway stations served by Northern 1849 establishments in England Seascale {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub