Millom is a railway station on the

Cumbrian Coast Line 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 an ...

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

Millom Millom is a town and civil parish on the north shore of the estuary of the River Duddon in southwest Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, England. It is situated just outside the Lake District National Park, about north of Barrow-in-Furne ...

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. It is owned by

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and managed by

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. It was originally opened by 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 an ...

on 1 November 1850 as ''Holborn Hill.'' The station's name was changed to ''Millom for Holborn Hill'' on 1 August 1866, and ''Millom'' during the 1890s. Until 1968, there was a short goods-only branch from here to the ironworks at Hodbarrow. This was abandoned after the works closed but the disused trackbed can still be seen from passing trains, whilst the old works site is now a nature reserve. The station buildings also house Millom Heritage Museum And Visitor Centre (which runs the rail ticket office) and a small workshop offering furniture restoration.

Facilities

The booking office operates on a part-time basis (07:00–15:00, Mondays through Saturdays); outside these times tickets can be purchased from a vending machine on the southern side (as Northern have installed these at all stations on the route that didn't previously have them). Information screens and posters provide train running details for passengers. Both platforms have separate step-free access and are linked via a footbridge.

Services

Monday to Saturdays, there is generally an hourly service southbound to Barrow-in-Furness and northbound to

Carlisle Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern England, Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers River Eden, Cumbria, Eden, River C ...

(one terminates at ) - however there is no service northbound after 21:00, with the last few trains from Barrow terminating here. Some services extend from Barrow along the

Furness Line The Furness line is a British railway between and , joining the West Coast Main Line at . A predominantly passenger line, it serves various towns along the Furness coast, including Barrow-in-Furness, Ulverston and Grange-over-Sands. It runs thr ...

to Lancaster and . Northern introduced a Sunday service from the station (for the first time since 1976) from the summer 2018 timetable change. This runs broadly hourly from mid-morning until early evening.

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* * Railway stations in Cumbria DfT Category F1 stations Former Furness Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850 Northern franchise railway stations Millom {{NorthWestEngland-railstation-stub