Sellafield railway station

Sellafield is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between and . It serves , in , England; it is situated 35 miles north-west of Barrow-in-Furness.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Sellafield, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
  • Also known as: “SEL”, “Sellafield Railway Station”, and “Sellafield Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant and Grey Croft stone circle.

Building
Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , or THORP, is a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant at in , England. THORP is owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and operated by Sellafield Ltd, the site licensee. is situated 2,100 feet east of Sellafield railway station.

Archaeological site
is a restored stone circle near in , England. It is situated near the site of the former nuclear-power stations at . is situated 1 mile southeast of Sellafield railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Rich, CC BY 2.0.
Seascale is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between and . The station, situated 33+1⁄4 miles north-west of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the village of in . is situated 1½ miles southeast of Sellafield railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seascale and Calder Bridge.

Photo: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village and civil parish on the coast of , England, historically within Cumberland. The parish had a population of 1,754 in 2011, barely decreasing by 0.4% in 2021.

Village
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is a small village in in England. It is located between the hamlets of and and lies on the River Calder. It is around 1 mile northeast from the nuclear plant— was the world's first major nuclear power station when it opened in 1956. is situated 2 miles northeast of Sellafield railway station.

Hamlet
Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in , England. It is northeast of and , along the A595 road. It contains properties such as the Inn, Farm and Brow House. is situated 2½ miles north of Sellafield railway station.

Sellafield railway station

Latitude
54.41665° or 54° 24′ 60″ north
Longitude
-3.51045° or 3° 30′ 38″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Operator
Northern Trains
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“SEL”
Open location code
9C6RCF8Q+MR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6080996613
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
6953524
Wiki­data ID
Q5371765
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Urdu—“Sellafield railway station” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “station Sellafield”
  • Dutch: “Station Sellafield”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة سيلافيلد”
  • French: “gare de Sellafield”
  • French: “Sellafield”
  • Korean: “셀라필드역”
  • Urdu: “سیلافیلڈ ریلوے اسٹیشن”

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