Braystones is a railway station on the

Cumbrian Coast Line The Cumbrian Coast line is a rail route in North West England, running from Carlisle railway station, Carlisle to Barrow-in-Furness via Workington and Whitehaven. The line forms part of Network Rail route NW 4033, which continues (as the Furnes ...

, which runs between and . The station, situated north-west of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the villages of

Beckermet Beckermet is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, between Egremont and Seascale. The parish had a population of 1,619 in the 2011 census. Historically in Cumberland, it is served by Braystones railway station and is less than a ...

and Braystones in

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. It is owned by

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and managed by

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. The station is an unstaffed request stop. It is situated directly on the coast in a remote location. Pearson's 1992 railway guide is moved to comment, "The tiny halts at Braystones and

Nethertown Nethertown is a small village in Cumbria, England on the Irish Sea coast. The community is covered by the civil parish of "Lowside Quarter", and was created out of one of the old parochial townships of the parish of St Bees. History During W ...

are as remote as anything British Rail has to offer...".

History

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The

Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway The Cumbrian Coast line is a rail route in North West England, running from Carlisle to Barrow-in-Furness via Workington and Whitehaven. The line forms part of Network Rail route NW 4033, which continues (as the Furness line) via Ulverston ...

was authorised in 1847 for a line which would link the town of

Whitehaven Whitehaven is a town and port on the English north west coast and near to the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies by road south-west of Carlisle and to the north of Barrow-in-Furness. It i ...

with the

Furness Railway The Furness Railway (Furness) was a railway company operating in the Furness area of Lancashire in North West England. History Formation In the early 1840s, the owners of iron ore mines in the Furness district of Lancashire became interested i ...

at . It was opened in stages, and the first section, that between and opened either on 1 June 1849 or on 21 July 1849. The station was host to four LMS caravans from 1937 to 1939. The station buildings are still extant however are in private ownership. As of June 2021 the old station building is called Platform 9 3/4. A bus-stop style shelter is provided on the single platform.

Service

As of the 15 December 2019 timetable (still current at May 2021), five trains call in each direction (on request) from Monday to Friday, with one extra train in each direction on Saturdays. There is no late evening service, but a limited Sunday service of four trains in each direction (on request) was introduced at the May 2018 timetable change; the first to run over this section since 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 Northern franchise railway stations Railway request stops in Great Britain 1849 establishments in England {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub